Ryan v. Board of Trustees of the General Assembly Retirement System

Docket No. 108184. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS GEORGE H. RYAN, SR., Appellee, v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RETIREMENT SYSTEM et al., Appellants. Opinion filed February 19, 2010. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke dissented, with opinion. OPINION The issue in this case is whether, as a result of his multiple federal felony convictions, former Illinois Governor George H. Ryan, Sr., has forfeited…