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CORGIAT v. POLICE BD. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 74148.

614 N.E.2d 1232 (1993)

155 Ill.2d 384

185 Ill.Dec. 547

Frank CORGIAT, Appellee, v. The POLICE BOARD OF the CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Welsh, Corp. Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Mardell Nereim and Benna Ruth Solomon, of counsel), for appellants.

Joseph V. Roddy, Chicago (Paul D. Geiger and Thomas J. Pleines, of counsel), for appellee.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois State Police.

Beth Anne Janicki, Springfield, for amicus curiae Ill. Municipal League.

James A. Murphy, Peoria, for amicus curiae Ill. Assn. of Chiefs of Police, Inc.

J. Timothy Eaton, John W. Christy and William T. McCartan, Coffield, Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, for amicus curiae Ill. State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The Chicago police board (the board) and the superintendent of police appeal the circuit and appellate courts' reversal of the board's decision to discharge plaintiff, a Chicago policeman. We reverse the lower courts and reinstate the board's decision.

On May 24, 1989, the superintendent of police filed charges with the board stemming from plaintiff's conduct on July 30-31, 1987. The superintendent alleged...

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