Board of Trustees of the Barrington Police Pension Fund v. Village of Barrington Ethics Board

The plaintiff, the Board of Trustees of the Barrington Police Pension Fund (the Pension Fund Trustees), brought this action against the Village of Barrington Ethics Board and its members, James Con-dill, Virginia Griffith, Lydia Franz, Glenn Loafman and Donn Branstrator (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Ethics Board), the defendants, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The plaintiff argued that the defendants had no authority to regulate ethical conduct or to require the Pension Fund Trustees to file ethics statements. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment,…