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PEOPLE EX REL. ADAMOWSKI v. WILSON

Nos. 35908, 35909, 35910, 35911, Cons.

20 Ill.2d 568 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 605

THE PEOPLE ex rel. BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, Appellant, v. ORLANDO W. WILSON et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 1, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRANCIS X. RILEY, EDWARD J. HLADIS, JAMES R. THOMPSON, and ALAN S. GANZ, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (SYDNEY R. DREBIN, and EDWARD E. PLUSDRAK, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and ROBERT J. COLLINS, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel,) for appellees.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

We have consolidated for review in this court four actions in quo warranto which attack the reorganization of the police department of the city of Chicago which took place in March of 1960. The actions were instituted by the State's Attorney of Cook County. They question the power of the city to establish a Police Board to supervise and control its police department and...

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