SHEAHAN v. BIANCHI

No. 1-97-0141.

695 N.E.2d 73 (1998)

296 Ill. App.3d 310

230 Ill.Dec. 864

The Cook County Sheriff Michael SHEAHAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Albert BIANCHI and Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

April 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Patricia M. Shymanski, Deputy State's Attorney, Chicago (John J. Murphy and Letitia Dominici, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellant.

Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd., Chicago (Joseph M. Gagliardo, Clifford R. Perry, III), for Respondents-Appellees.


Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 24, 1994 the Cook County Sheriff, Michael Sheahan, filed a complaint alleging that respondent, Albert Bianchi, had fraudulently obtained his Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board certification to work as a correctional officer. Specifically, the sheriff alleged that when Bianchi sat for a certification examination on May 9, 1987, he answered only 56 questions correctly. A passing score was established to be a...

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