RIZZO v. BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COMMISSIONERS

No. 60947.

33 Ill. App.3d 420 (1975)

337 N.E.2d 735

ERNEST D. RIZZO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF THE VILLAGE OF FRANKLIN PARK, COOK COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

October 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Dowdle and Henry J. Hyde, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Walter C. Wellman, of Lyons, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant (Board) appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County setting aside its decision which removed plaintiff from his job as a Franklin Park policeman. It contends that its decision was not against the manifest weight of the evidence and should therefore have been upheld.

Plaintiff was found guilty of misconduct...

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