KAPPEL v. POLICE BD. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-89-0975.

580 N.E.2d 1314 (1991)

220 Ill. App.3d 580

162 Ill.Dec. 895

Raymond KAPPEL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. POLICE BOARD of the CITY of CHICAGO, Respondent-Appellant. Fred RICE, Leroy Martin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Raymond KAPPEL, Police Board of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Ltd. (William J. Harte, Chicago, of counsel), for petitioner-appellee.

Kelly R. Welsh, Corp. Counsel of City of Chicago, (Ruth M. Moscovitch, Nina Puglia, of counsel), for respondent-appellant.


Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

In March 1985, defendant, the Police Board of the City of Chicago (the Board) discharged defendant Raymond Kappel, a Chicago police officer, for possession and sale of unregistered weapons. After a lengthy process of administrative review, in June 1987 the Board "with great reluctance" complied with a circuit court order by vacating the discharge and instead suspending Kappel for 3½ years, but only after the...

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