Legal Opinion
Peter Akemann v. Patrick J. Quinn
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 2015No. 14-2328, 14-2746PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs John Dibble and Peter Akem-ann were arbitrators for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. They lost their positions after the Illinois legislature passed Public Act 97-18. The law was signed on June 28, 2011 and took effect just three days later, ending the terms of all incumbent arbitrators effective July 1, 2011 and providing that the Governor of Illinois would make new appointments. The new law allowed incumbent arbitrators to serve past July 1 as holdovers until the Governor made new appointments. By July' 1, 2012, both Dibble and Akemann had…
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