McHENRY v. CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS

No. 5-89-0343.

569 N.E.2d 259 (1991)

210 Ill. App.3d 861

155 Ill.Dec. 259

Jerry McHENRY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS, a Municipal Corporation; Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of East St. Louis; John F. Bailey, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners; Eleanor Wooten, Member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners; James C. Franklin, Sr., Member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners; Defendants-Appellants (Charles Wren, Chief of Police for the City of East St. Louis, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

March 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Wiest, Jr., St. Louis, Mo. (Vickers, Moore & Wiest, of counsel), for City of East St. Louis.

Robert L. Merriwether, Jr., East St. Louis, for all other defendants-appellants except Charles Wren, adopted the brief of City of East St. Louis.

James J. Gomric, Belleville, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

East St. Louis Police Officer Jerry McHenry (McHenry) sought review in the St. Clair County Circuit Court of the City of East St. Louis' Board of Fire and Police Commissioners' (the Board) decision to remove him from the city's police department. On April 26, 1989, the trial court filed its order overturning the Board's decision and directed McHenry's reinstatement. The court concluded that the Board's findings were...

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