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PEOPLE EX REL. CRONIN v. CAHILL

Gen. No. 52,785.

118 Ill. App.2d 18 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 161

People of the State of Illinois, ex rel. John J. Cronin, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William E. Cahill, Reginald J. DuBois and Quentin J. Goodwin, Members of and Constituting the Civil Service Commission of the City of Chicago, and Orlando W. Wilson, Superintendent of Police of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing denied and supplemental opinion December 31, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Simon, Corporation Counsel of City of Chicago (Marvin E. Aspen and Joseph N. Lascaro, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellants.

Duffy and Jordan, of Chicago (Thomas J. Duffy, Forbes E. Jordan and John J. Turner, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court.

Relator filed a petition for a writ of mandamus on June 19, 1967, against the defendants to compel them to certify and appoint him as a Captain of the Chicago Police Department. Defendants appeal from a judgment after trial awarding such a writ to the relator, and from the denial of their motion to vacate the judgment. While defendants have raised several issues on appeal, we consider it necessary to discuss...

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