Additional Resources:

City of Chicago
Shakman Monitor
shakmanmonitor.com

Cook County Sheriff
Compliance Administrator
sheriffshakman.com

Forest Preserve District
of Cook County
Shakman Compliance
Administrator
cookfpshakman.com

Court Documents

• 1994 Consent Decree
  ("cc_shakman_1994Judgement.pdf" - 2.91 MB)
  The 1972 Consent Decree prohibited the County from "conditioning, basing or knowingly prejudicing or affecting any term or aspect of governmental employment with respect to one who is at the time already a governmental employee, upon or because of any political reason or factor." In 1994, the Court extended the prohibitions to Cook County's hiring practices. The 1994 Consent Decree incorporates the 1972 Consent Decree.
  
• Plaintiffs’ Application to Hold Defendants in Contempt
  ("cc_shakman_PlaintifsApplication.pdf" - 392 KB)
  On August 28, 2006, the Plaintiffs in the Shakman lawsuit filed an Application to Hold Cook County and Certain Individuals in Civil Contempt for Violations of the Consent Decrees. The parties agreed to settle the civil contempt dispute and entered into the Supplemental Relief Order.
  
• Cook County’s Response to Plaintiffs’ Application
  to Hold Cook County in Contempt
  ("cc_shakman_CountyResponse.pdf" - 689 KB)
  On October 6, 2006, the County filed a response to the Plaintiffs’ allegations of contempt. The County requested that the Plaintiffs’ petition be denied on several legal grounds. The Court did not issue a ruling on the Plaintiffs’ contempt petition or make a determination of whether the Plaintiffs’ allegations contained in their petition were true or false because the parties reached a settlement of the matter.
  
• Supplemental Relief Order
  ("cc_shakman_SupplementalReliefOrder.pdf" - 1.9 MB)
  On November 30, 2006, Judge Wayne Andersen appointed Julia M. Nowicki, as Compliance Administrator, to ensure that the County of Cook complies with all proper hiring and employment practices as they relate to political considerations. The Supplemental Relief Order outlines, among other things, the duties and responsibilities of the Compliance Administrator.
  The Supplemental Relief Order was approved on February 2, 2007:
  Approved Supplemental Relief Order
  ("cc_shakman_ApprovedSupplementalReliefOrder.pdf" - 1.1 MB)
  
• Notice of Settlement
  ("cc_shakman_Notice_to_EEs.pdf" - 410 KB)
  This Notice should have been distributed to all Cook County employees with their
  paychecks, week ending December 29, 2006.
  
• Notice of Extension to SRO Deadlines
  ("cc_shakman_SROExtensionNotice.pdf" - 16 KB)
  This Notice extends the court's original deadline for submission of Claim or Opt-Out Request Forms to August 3, 2007.
  
• Agreed Order Appointing Post SRO Complaint Administrator for Cook County
  ("cc_shakman_SpecialCompliantAdminOrder.pdf" - 30 KB)
  This order appoints the post-SRO Compliance Administrator for Cook County.

This list will be updated as more information becomes available.