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BURGETT v. CITY OF COLLINS. BD. OF FIRE & POL. COMM'RS

No. 5-85-0644.

149 Ill. App.3d 420 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 951

JAMES P. BURGETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF COLLINSVILLE BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied December 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Cain, of Cadagin & Cain, of Collinsville, for appellant.

Dwight Taylor, of Collinsville, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, James P. Burgett, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County affirming the decision of the city of Collinsville board of fire and police commissioners (the board) discharging him from his duties as a police officer. The board found Burgett guilty of leaving his post in his patrol car, secreting himself and his patrol car outside the city limits, and failing...

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