Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Trapp v. Tanner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 11, 1956No. Gen. 46,740PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE SCHWARTZ
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order directing the issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the defendants to reinstate relators to their positions as police officers of the village of Evergreen Park and entering judgment in favor of the relators for back salary in the sum of $3,472.53 each.
The three relators had held their positions for more than one year prior to March 17, 1954, the date on which a census was taken which subsequently showed that the village, having more than 13,000 inhabitants, was required to comply with the provisions of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bullis v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Board of Trustees v. Village of Glen EllynAppellate Court of Illinois · 1949
- Varble v. WhitecottonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
- Lewis v. Lackawanna CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- People ex rel. Sartison v. SchmidtIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- McReynolds v. Civil Service CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
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- People Ex Rel. Gasparas v. Village of JusticeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1967
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