Gantz v. McHenry County Sheriff'S Deptartment Merit Commission

Plaintiffs, Dean Gantz et al., filed a three-count complaint seeking declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages. The crux of the complaint was that plaintiffs, nonmerited deputies working at the McHenry County jail, were entitled to the same compensation under a 1990-to-1993 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) as the merited deputies who worked at the county jail. Defendants McHenry County Sheriffs Department Merit Commission (Merit Commission), McHenry County (County), and William Mullen, the sheriff of McHenry County (sheriff), filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. After a…