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DENTON v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N OF STATE

No. 80712.

679 N.E.2d 1234 (1997)

176 Ill.2d 144

223 Ill.Dec. 461

Stephen L. DENTON, Appellee, v. The CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, Chicago, for Civil Service Commission.

Mary Lee Leahy, Leahy Law Offices, Springfield, for Stephen L. Denton.

Samuel J. Cahnman, Springfield, Richard J. Phelan, Chicago, for Veterans Legal Defense Fund.

Chief Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue before this court is whether section 8b.7(f) of the Personnel Code (20 ILCS 415/8b.7(f) (West 1992)) affords veterans an absolute hiring preference over nonveterans within the same grade category. The Civil Service Commission (the Commission) and the circuit court determined that section 8b.7(f)'s hiring preference was not absolute. The appellate court disagreed, holding that section 8b.7(f) does indeed...

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