Herschel v. Nixon

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge.

This lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cole County (“trial court”) by Henry T. Herschel, Matthew W. Murphy, and John A. Tackes, each of whom is an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) in the Division of Workers’ Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (“the Division”) (the three plaintiffs are collectively referred to as “the ALJs”). The ALJs sought an injunction preventing their impending removal from employment with the Division. They named as defendants the Division, the Office of Administration, and various State officials,…