Stryker v. Village of Oak Park

Plaintiffs, James Stryker and Walter Woitovich, police officers of the Village of Oak Park, filed this action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, the Village of Oak Park and its Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, seeking a declaratory judgment that certain ordinances of the defendant village were invalid, and for other relief. The circuit court allowed defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed the cause with prejudice. Plaintiffs appealed. We allowed their motion filed pursuant to Rule 302(b) that the appeal be taken directly to this court.

Prior…