Caffeys Join Goins Vs. Alton Legal Fight, New Hearing Date Set

ALTON – The case of Mayor David Goins vs. the City of Alton has a new hearing date and now includes two new plaintiffs.

The new hearing date has been set for Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 at 2 p.m. at the Madison County Courthouse. Judge Christopher Bauer is currently presiding over the case.

The hearing concerns Goins’s motion for preliminary injunction and the city’s motion to dissolve his temporary retraining order (TRO), according to a court order entered by Bauer on Sept. 1, 2026.

Goins’s legal counsel filed an emergency motion for a TRO and preliminary injunction on July 30, 2026. The mayor is seeking a declaration from the court that two ordinances passed by City Council members were illegal and inconsistent with Illinois law.

The ordinances in question resulted in two city employees being ousted from their positions before their terms expired, including City Attorney Rodney Caffey and Planning Director Greg Caffey. They also imposed new billing transparency requirements on the city attorney.

Both ordinances are being challenged as “ultra vires” acts, or actions that were taken beyond the council’s legal authority. Goins is also asking the court to declare all actions taken under the challenged ordinances – including the removal of both Caffeys – “null and void.”

Rodney filed a consolidated motion petitioning the court on Aug. 31 to name Greg and himself as additional plaintiffs in the case. The motion was granted on Sept. 1, 2026.

State law allows individual parties to intervene when their interests may be inadequately represented in a case if they may later be bound by an order or judgment resulting from the case, according to the consolidated motion.

The consolidated motion asks the court’s permission to allow both Caffeys to individually intervene in the case. The motion argues both Caffeys were “unlawfully removed from their respective positions” prior to the court granting Goins’s TRO, which temporarily reinstated them until further court proceedings.

The city’s legal representation argues Goins is not entitled to protections under the TRO, including blocking the City Council from enacting the challenged ordinances, since the mayor himself signed both ordinances into law.

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