Board of Trustees v. Department of Human Rights

The defendants, Illinois Department of Human Rights (hereafter referred to as the Department), together with Joyce E. Tucker, Freddie Gatewood, and Stanley R. Moen, in their official capacities, appeal from a default judgment for permanent injunction entered by the circuit court in favor of the plaintiffs, Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, David White, Jim Bramlet, Richard Moy and Terry Travis. In view of our disposition of this appeal, we need consider only one of the two issues presented: whether the defendants’ answer and entry of appearance were timely filed by virtue of…