McKinley Foundation at University of Illinois v. Illinois Department of Labor

In April 2009, plaintiff, the McKinley Foundation at the University of Illinois (McKinley), filed a motion for summary judgment against defendants the Illinois Department of Labor (Department) and its Director, Catherine Shannon (herein referred to collectively as the Department), seeking an order that the Prevailing Wage Act (Act) (820 ILCS 130/1 through 12 (West 2008)) is inapplicable to its construction project because McKinley is not a “public body” for purposes of the Act. That same month, defendant Stevens Construction Corporation (Stevens), the construction company hired by McKinley to…