ARMSTEAD v. SHEAHAN

No. 1-97-0338.

700 N.E.2d 149 (1998)

298 Ill. App.3d 892

233 Ill.Dec. 48

Barbara ARMSTEAD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael F. SHEAHAN, Sheriff of Cook County, and Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

August 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Patricia M. Shymanski, Deputy State's Attorney, Peter Fischer, John J. Murphy, Laura C. Shroyer, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants.

Goldman & Ehrlich, Gerald A. Goldman, Arthur R. Ehrlich, Jonathan C. Goldman, Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Michael F. Sheahan, Sheriff of Cook County, and the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board (Merit Board), appeal the circuit court's reversal of a final administrative decision based upon a determination that the Merit Board lacked jurisdiction to issue the decision.

The undisputed facts establish that on February 26, 1993, the Sheriff of Cook County (the Sheriff) instituted an employment policy which...

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