DINEEN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 64906.

125 Ill.2d 248 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 347

JOHN M. DINEEN et al., Appellants, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Gittler, Joel A. D'Alba, Lester Asher and Reed Lee, of Chicago (Asher, Pavalon, Gittler & Greenfield, Ltd., of counsel), for appellants.

Judson H. Miner, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Ruth M. Moscovitch and Sharon Baldwin, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging a requirement of the Chicago police department that officers take unpaid leaves of absence upon becoming candidates for public office. In their complaint, the plaintiffs contended that a recently enacted State statute preempted and invalidated the police department's leave-of-absence rule. The circuit court of Cook County...

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