Park Superintendents' Professional Ass'n v. Ryan

For several years, the Park Superintendents’ Professional Association and some of its members have been trying to get the State of Illinois to negotiate employment terms and to follow certain provisions of the Illinois Personnel Code (20 ILCS 415/1 et seq. (West 1998)). Reviewing court decisions until now have rejected every theory raised by the plaintiffs except one: whether mandamus would be proper to remedy any of the defendants’ alleged acts or omissions. Now, we close that door.

Plaintiffs, the Park Superintendents’ Professional Association (Association), its president, Jon Blume, and…