Calumet City Professional Firefighters Ass'n v. Stefaniak

Plaintiffs, Calumet City Professional Firefighters Association (the Union), Martin Bonic, and Charles Rybarczyk, brought this action for declaratory relief following Bonic’s and Rybarczyk’s layoffs from the Calumet City fire department (the department). The complaint sought a declaration of the parties’ rights and liabilities under the statutes and ordinances at issue and the rescission of Bonic’s and Rybarczyk’s notices of layoff -with reinstatement to their former positions. Defendant Robert Stefaniak was the mayor of Calumet City at the time of the layoffs, and defendant Louis Conneen was…