O'Grady v. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether a court order directed to defendants Robert A. Novelle and Arthur A. Waddy was sufficiently clear and specific enough to warrant a finding of contempt for failure to obey. On May 27, 1988, the circuit court of Cook County entered an order directing the Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board (Board) to decide the issues in a complaint brought by Sheriff James E. O’Grady (O’Grady). At the time of that order, defendants Novelle and Waddy were two (of three) members of the Board. On March 3, 1989, the court issued an order finding both defendants in…