LAUNIUS v. BD. OF FIRE & POLICE COM'RS

No. 1-89-2577.

570 N.E.2d 532 (1991)

211 Ill. App.3d 545

156 Ill.Dec. 56

Clifford LAUNIUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF the CITY OF DES PLAINES, A.C. Wilson, Chairman, Herman Herzog and William J. Connolly, Members of the Board of Fire & Police Commissioners, and Joseph Kozenczak, Chief of Police of The City of Des Plaines, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley H. Jakala, Berwyn, for plaintiff-appellant.

A.C. Wilson, Chairman, Herman Herzog and William J. Connolly, Richard A. Marten, Chicago, for defendants-appellees Bd. of Fire & Police Com'rs of the City of Des Plaines.

Klein, Thorpe & Jenkin, Ltd., Chicago (Patrick A. Lucansky, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Joseph Kozenczak, Chief of Police of the City of Des Plaines.


Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This action on administrative review arises from charges brought by defendant Joseph Kozenczak, Chief of Police of the City of Des Plaines, against Clifford Launius (plaintiff), a police officer of the Des Plaines Police Department (the Department), for his conduct in leaving his assigned post on August 14, 1987. Following a hearing before defendant the Board of Fire and...

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