Board of Education v. Warren Township High School Federation of Teachers, Local 504

In the case of Board of Education v. Compton (1988), 128 Ill. 2d 216, we held that the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (the Act) (111. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 1701 et seq.) divests the circuit courts of jurisdiction to vacate or enforce arbitration awards in the context of public educational labor disputes. This case raises the question of whether circuit courts retain the power to enjoin such arbitration. We answer this question in the negative.

In the circuit court of Lake County, appellee, the board of education of Warren Township High School District 121 (the School…