Local Government Law

June 2018, Volume 19, Number 5

• Pension Benefits Properly Denied to Resigned Police Officer | Written by: Emily J. Perkins, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen. P.C.
• Freedom of Information Act | Written by: Michael L. Resis, SmithAmundsen, LLC
• Village’s Home Rule Authority to Regulate Library Boards Is Affirmed | Written by: Benjamin M. Jacobi, O’Halloran Kosoff Geitner & Cook, LLC
• Defending Against “Cause Lawyers”: Unsung Points of Law from “The Union Case” | Written by: Bryan Vayr, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
• Line of Duty Health Benefits under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act | Written by: Benjamin C. Ford, Heyl, Royster Voelker & Allen, P.C.
• Unauthorized Practice of Law: A Warm Body Required | Written by: James D. VanRheeden, Quinn, Johnston, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo
• Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Prohibition of Firearms within 1000 Feet of a Public Park Rule Unconstitutional Under the Second Amendment | Written by: Dustin S. Fisher, Judge, James, Hoban & Fisher LLC
• Village Board President’s Resignation Letter was Not Properly Redacted by Village in Response to a Journalist’s FOIA Request | Written by: Terry A. Fox, Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C.
• Customer Name on Water Bill Subject to FOIA Disclosure | Written by: Terry A. Fox, Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C.
• FOIA Request for FOIA Requests Must be Disclosed | Written by: Terry A. Fox, Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C.
• Which Denied FOIA Request Because It Did Not Request Public Records | Written by: Matthew DiCianni, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer
• Electoral Board Invalidates Referendum on Video Gaming | Written by: Matthew DiCianni, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer
• Delay in Repairing Lakefront Trail Did Not Amount to Willful and Wanton Conduct | Written by: Gabriel R. Judd, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
• Residency Requirement for Firefighter Upheld | Written by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler, LLP
• Village Avoids Retaliation Claim After Employee Takes FMLA Leave | Written by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler, LLP

November 2016, Volume 17, Number 2

• Summary Judgment Affirmed on Trip and Fall Based on De Minimis Theory, Lack of Constructive Notice and Open and Obvious Doctrine | by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler LLP
• No Willful and Wanton Conduct in Bicyclist Wrongful Death Case | by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler LLP
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Untimely False Arrest Claim | by: Elizabeth K. Barton, Ancel Glink Diamond Bush DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C.
• Employee’s Retaliatory-Discharge Claim Failed Because Final Decision-maker Did Not Know About His Workers’ Compensation Claim | by: Elizabeth K. Barton, Ancel Glink Diamond Bush DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C.
• Illinois Supreme Court Abolishes Public Duty Rule | by: Elizabeth K. Barton, Ancel Glink Diamond Bush DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C.
• Home Rule Units Have the Authority to Regulate and Tax Video Gambling | by: Benjamin M. Jacobi, O’Halloran Kosoff Geitner & Cook, LLC
• Creating New Records Renders FOIA Request Invalid | by: Emily J. Perkins, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
• Tort Immunity Act Offers No Protection to Teacher Following Noncompliance with School Policy | by: Emily J. Perkins, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
• Supreme Court Addresses Whether Temporary Flooding on Private Property Constitutes a Taking | by: Emily J. Perkins, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
• City’s Impoundment Ordinance was Not an Unlawful Attempt to Raise Revenue | by: James D. VanRheeden, Quinn, Johnson, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo
• City Granted Immunity from Liability for Bite by Police Dog | by: James D. VanRheeden, Quinn, Johnson, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo
• Of Mountains and Bunnies: The Second District Uses Dictionary Definition to Gut 3-107(b) Immunity for Bike Trails | by: James D. VanRheeden, Quinn, Johnson, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo
• Tree Limb That Falls on Cyclist Not Immunized Under 3-107(b), But Held to be Immunized for Negligence Under 3-106 Immunity | by: Dustin S. Fisher, Judge, James, Hoban & Fisher, LLC
  

January 2015, Volume 16, Number 1

• Police Officers Granted Immunity After Using TASER on Hallucinating Drug Addict | by: Dustin S. Fisher, Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC
• Snowplows and Blocked Sidewalks | by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler LLP
• No Monkey Business with the Scope of the Tort Immunity Act’s Coverage | by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler LLP
• Injured 13-Year Old Held Not Responsible for Knowing Ordinance Prohibited Her Use of Park District’s Slide Without a Sign or Other Notice | by: Howard L. Huntington, Bullaro & Carton, P.C.
• Guidance Counselor Properly Terminated Based Upon the Content of His Self-Published Book | by: Peter R. Jennetten, Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius
• First District Finds Shooting Range a Private Recreational Activity for Zoning | by: Andrew R. Makauskas, Brady, Connolly & Masuda P.C.
• Failure to Assert ADEA Claim in Appeal of Termination Barred Federal ADEA Suit | by: Peter R. Jennetten, Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius
  

November 2012, Volume 13, Number 7

• The Tort Immunity Act’s Definition of “Willful and Wanton Conduct” Provides the Exclusive Definition For Cases Involving Local Public Entities | by: Dustin Fisher, Judge James & Kujawa LLC
• Recent Decision on Qualified Immunity and First Amendment Retaliatory Arrests | by: John F. Watson, Craig & Craig
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act | by: Matthew J. Hammer
• Recent Public Access Counselor Binding Opinions | by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler LLP

December 2011, Volume 12, Number 17

• Seventh Circuit Extends Ohler v. United States to Civil Context | by: Paul Rettberg, Querrey & Harrow
• Freedom of Information Act Amendments | by: Darcy L. Proctor, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C.
• A Lesson for Municipal Election Boards | by: Michael A. Airdo and Emily E. Gleason, Kopon Airdo, LLC
• Impact of Recent ADA Amendments and Regulations on State and Local Government | by: Theresa Bresnahan-Coleman, Langhenry, Gillen, Lundquist & Johnson, LLC
• Stationary but Movable Signs can be Public Property with Immunity | by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler, LLP
• Governmental Employees are not Entitled to Hearings Regarding Termination Pursuant to Reorganization | by: John M. O’Driscoll, Tressler, LLP

July 2010, Volume 11, Number 10 

• Du Page County Sheriff: Stumble on Narrow Gravel Strip Yields No Legal Recourse | by: Erika G. Baldonado, Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC
• First District Upholds Directed Verdict and Jury Verdict for City and Officers on Malicious Prosecution Claim | by: Michael E. Kujawa, Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC
• City of Chicago Entitled to Immunity for Police Conduct Where Pursuit of Stolen Squad Car Results in Plaintiffs’ Injuries | by: Kyle T. Gray, Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC
• Keener Decision Vacated by Illinois Supreme Court | by: John P. Fleming, Fleming & Umland
  

December 2007, Volume 7, Number 1

•  City of Chicago Did Not Have to Sue Itself: Civil Procedure – Necessary Parties | by: Kyle T. Gray, Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC
• The Public Duty Rule is Alive and Well in Illinois | by: John P. Fleming, Fleming & Umland
• Court Preserves Integrity of Tort Immunity Act | by: Erika G. Baldonado, Judge, James & Kujawa, LLC
  

Summer 2001

• U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Qualified Immunity Analysis Must Be Applied, Even After the Court Concludes That a Question of Fact Exists as to Whether the Force Used Was Objectively Reasonable | by: James L. DeAno, Norton, Mancini, Weiler & DeAno
• Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Section 8-101 Tort Immunity Act Statute of Limitations Controls Over Four-Year Construction Statute of Limitations | by: Kathryn James Anderlik, Judge & James, Ltd.
• Applicability of Abstention Doctrines Law in Federal Court | by: Thomas R. Weiler, Norton, Mancini, Weiler & DeAno
• Illinois Supreme Court Extends Local Governmental Tort Immunity To Corrupt Conduct | by: Michael M. Roth, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon
• Local Amusement Tax Withstands First Amendment Challenge | by: John N. Pieper, Law Offices of John N. Pieper