Schalz v. McHenry County Sheriff's Department Merit Commission

Plaintiffs filed suit in the circuit court of McHenry County, alleging that defendant McHenry County Sheriffs Department Merit Commission had no authority to enact rules restricting the plaintiffs’ secondary employment. Plaintiffs, full-time deputy sheriffs for McHenry County, sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The circuit court granted the commission’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the commission possessed the authority, under section 9 of the Sheriff’s Merit System Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 125, par. 159), to adopt the regulations at issue in this lawsuit. The…