CITY OF ROCKFORD v. UNIT SIX

No. 2-05-0467.

840 N.E.2d 1283 (2005)

362 Ill. App.3d 556

298 Ill.Dec. 848

The CITY OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNIT SIX OF the POLICEMEN'S BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellant (Steven B. Johnson, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

December 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy D. O'Neil, Foote, Meyers, Mielke & Flowers, LLC, Geneva, for Steven B. Johnson, Unit Six Policemen's Benevolent & Protective Association.

Patrick W. Hayes, John P. Giliberti, City of Rockford Department of Law, Rockford, for City of Rockford.


Justice BYRNE delivered the opinion of the court:

The Rockford Board of Fire and Police Commissioners (the Board) terminated defendant, Rockford police officer Steven B. Johnson, who is not a party to this appeal, for informing a friend that a felony bench warrant had been issued against him and that police had been dispatched to arrest him. Johnson unsuccessfully appealed his discharge to the trial court but did not seek appellate review. After his discharge, defendant...

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