Supreme Court of Illinois

Section 9(a-5) of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act precludes an employer from litigating the Illinois Labor Relations Board's determination that a union enjoys majority status and, consequently, an employer is not entitled to review the evidence of majority support.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2008
• Published 12/19/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Jerald S. Post, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), and Joseph R. Mazzone, of Schenk Duffy Carey Ford Mazzone Phelan & Clemens Ltd., Joliet, for appellants., Gilbert Feldman, Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois State Federation of Labor et al., Roger Huebner, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League., Michael I. Richardson, Terrence T. Creamer, Jennifer A. Niemiec, of Franczek Sullivan P.C., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Lisa Ann Hoffman, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), James Baird and James J. Powers, of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, for appellees.