People ex rel. Margolis v. Robb

The Director of the Illinois State Police (State Police) filed charges with the Illinois State Police Merit Board (Merit Board or Board), alleging defendant Michael Robb had improperly provided three documents—relating to allegations made against an elected official, the coroner—to the official who was the subject of the allegations. The three documents were: (1) an investigative report prepared by Master Sergeant C.F Gross (petitioner’s exhibit No. 1); (2) an office memorandum from Gross to Major Thomas Schumpp (petitioner’s exhibit No. 2); and (3) an office memorandum from Schumpp to Deputy…