SOMMER v. GOETZE

No. 81-231.

102 Ill. App.3d 117 (1981)

429 N.E.2d 901

LOUIS L. SOMMER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. JACK GOETZE, Chairman of the Tazewell County Sheriff's Merit Commission, et al., Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed December 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Mihm, of Peoria, for appellant.

Bruce W. Black, State's Attorney, of Pekin (G. Edward Orr, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

Deputy Sheriff Louis L. Sommer had been employed in his position with the Tazewell County sheriff's office for 18 years, when on December 2, 1980, he allegedly exchanged heated words with Tazewell County Assistant State's Attorney Thomas Ebel in an East Peoria tavern. The following day, on complaint of Ebel, an investigation...

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