Kozsdiy v. O'Fallon Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County affirming the action of the O’Fallon Board of Fire & Police Commissioners discharging the appellant from his position as patrolman for the O’Fallon Police Department. Appellant had commenced employment with the police department on June 26, 1973. In a monthly meeting after he assumed his new duties as chief of police on September 1, 1973, the chief of police orally outlined a new departmental dress code concerning the permissible length of hair and…