ILLINOIS DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH v. Jackson

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN,

dissenting:

I respectfully dissent.

The majority declines to follow the federal cases holding that ordinary contract principles should not govern when, as here, the terms of the agreement between the parties are set by statute. The majority points out that the Vanhorn court described the contracts at issue as being governed by a “comprehensive statutory scheme,” and argues that the Illinois Act is “nowhere near as detailed” as the NHSC program. 321 Ill. App. 3d at 232. In my view, (1) the NHSC scholarship program and the Act employ the same means to reach virtually…