PORTER v. COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S MERIT BD.

No. 1-19-1266.

178 N.E.3d 615 (2020)

449 Ill.Dec. 8

2020 IL App (1st) 191266

Jack PORTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S MERIT BOARD; James P. Nally, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board; Byron Brazier, in His Official Capacity as Vice Chairman of the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board; John Dalicandro, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board; Patrick Brady, Gray Mateoharris, Kim R. Widup, Vincent T. Winters, and Jennifer E. Bae, in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board; Tom Dart, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Cook County; Toni Preckwinkle, in Her Official Capacity as President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and The County of Cook, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SECOND DIVISION.

July 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Bobbitt , of Bobbitt & Associates, of Chicago, for appellant.

Stephanie A. Scharf , George D. Sax , and Rebecca L. Ford , of Scharf Banks Marmor LLC, of Chicago, for appellee Thomas J. Dart.

No brief filed for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Jack Porter, appeals from the trial court's affirmance of the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board's (Board) decision to terminate Porter's employment with the Cook County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) for testing positive for a cocaine metabolite. For...

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