ARLINGTON HGHTS. POLICE PENSION v. PRITZKER

No. 2-22-0198.

212 N.E.3d 608 (2023)

2023 IL App (2d) 220198

The ARLINGTON HEIGHTS POLICE PENSION FUND, the Aurora Police Pension Fund, the Champaign Police Pension Fund, the Chicago Heights Police Pension Fund, the Chicago Ridge Police Pension Fund, the Cicero Police Pension Fund, the De Kalb Police Pension Fund, the Elgin Police Pension Fund, the Elmhurst Police Pension Fund, the Evanston Police Pension Fund, the Mokena Police Pension Fund, the Palos Heights Police Pension Fund, the Rantoul Police Pension Fund, the Villa Park Police Pension Fund, the Wood Dale Police Pension Fund, the Woodridge Police Pension Fund, the Maywood Firefighters' Pension Fund, the Pleasantview Firefighters' Pension Fund, Thomas Henderson, Scott May, Lawrence Suttle, Daniel Hoffman, Patrick Simons, Patrick Kelly, Gene Keeler, Steven Ankarlo, Lee Morris, Dean Mann, Paul Mott, Jim Kayes, James Roscher, Thomas Quigley, Victor Valdez, Thomas Turek, William Czajkowski, David Delaney, Richard Weikal, David Flowers Sr., Robert Miller, Dan Rankovich, Aaron Wernick, Timothy Schoolmaster, Dave Loehman, Mike Herbert, Matthew Bross, Michael Tittle, Scott Shroeder, Benjamin Defilippis, Jordan Anderson, Dennis Koletsos, William Bodnar, and Fred Malayter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jay Robert "J.B." PRITZKER, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois; Christopher B. Meister, in His Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Illinois Finance Authority; Dana Popish Severinghaus, in Her Official Capacity as Acting Director of Insurance; the Board of Trustees for the Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund; and the Board of Trustees for the Firefighters' Pension Investment Fund, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Filed February 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Konicek , and Amanda J. Hamilton , of Konicek & Dillon, P.C., of Geneva, for appellants.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Richard S. Huszagh , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), Richard F. Friedman and Langdon D. Neal , of Neal & Leroy, LLC, Michael A. Scodro and Brett E. Legner , of Mayer Brown LLP, and Joseph M. Burns , Taylor E. Muzzy , and David Huffman-Gottschling , of Jacobs, Burns, Orlove, and Hernandez LLP, all of Chicago, for appellees.

Paul Denham and Jill D. Leka , of Clark Baird Smith LLP, of Rosemont, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.

Joseph Weishampel , Margaret Angelucci , and Jerry Marzullo , of Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Associated Firefighters of Illinois.


OPINION

¶ 1 The plaintiffs who are individual active and retired-beneficiary representatives from multiple suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds appeal from the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants. We...

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