Sampson v. Graves

Plaintiffs, Mary Ann Sampson, John Arrington, Eric Kellogg, and Daryl Crudup, aldermen of the City of Harvey, Illinois, brought a complaint seeking the compliance of the mayor, defendant Nicholas Graves, with certain Harvey ordinances. Defendant counterclaimed that Harvey ordinance No. 2992 (Harvey, Ill., Ordinance No. 2992 (eff. May 29, 1997)) unlawfully restricted his power as mayor. Ordinance No. 2992 gives one council member the “exclusive” authority, with approval of the entire council, including the mayor, to select and retain an outside attorney to assist and counsel aldermen.…