Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Cadell v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 11, 1952No. Term No. 51-O-6PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bardens
This is an action of mandamus against the defendants, Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of East St. Louis, Illinois, and its members, to compel them to adopt rules and regulations providing that the personnel to be appointed to the office of “assistant chief” of the fire department of said city be selected and determined by ascertained merit and seniority in service and examination as prescribed in sections 4, 5, 8, and 9 of article 14, Revised Cities and Village Act, chapter 24, Illinois Revised Statutes 1949 [par. 14-4; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 21.1370].
Section 4, above…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. Board of Education of Oswego Community High School DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1950
- In Re Estate of TilliskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- People Ex Rel. Nelson Bros. Storage & Furniture Co. v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1940
- Roth v. KaptowskyIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
3Cited by9 opinions
- Edwards v. City of MarionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
- Dianis v. WaenkeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- People v. BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COM'RSAppellate Court of Illinois · 1952
- Village of Round Lake Beach v. BrennerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
- Ohlinger v. Village of Round Lake ParkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
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