DAUEN v. BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COMM'RS

No. 3-94-0809.

656 N.E.2d 427 (1995)

275 Ill.App.3d 487

212 Ill.Dec. 104

Lee J. DAUEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF the CITY OF STERLING, Illinois, a municipal corporation, and Arlyn G. Oetting, fire chief of the City of Sterling, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

September 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Meehan (argued), Coryn, Walker Meehan, Rock Island, for Lee J. Dauen.

James L. Reese (argued), Blodgett, Reese, Merritt Albert, Rock Falls, for Board of Fire Police Commissioners.

Ronald F. Coplan (argued), Coplan Law Office, Morrison, for City of Sterling, Arlyn G. Oetting.


Justice BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Lee J. Dauen, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court affirming his dismissal by the co-defendants, Sterling Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (Board) and Sterling Fire Chief Arlyn Oetting. After the police found cocaine in his residence, Dauen was dismissed for breaking the law of Illinois and bringing the Sterling fire department into disrepute. Dauen contends that: (1) the Board's finding...

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