Legal Opinion
Aleckson v. Village of Round Lake Park
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1997No. 79668PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Freeman
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the appellate court may decline to apply one of its prior, published opinions to a case which was pending at the time the previous decision was issued. We conclude that the appellate court may.
BACKGROUND
The litigation between the parties in this case centers on a promotional examination for the rank of sergeant in the Round Lake Park police department. Plaintiffs, four members of the department, filed an action for declaratory and injunctive relief in the circuit court of Lake County on November 12, 1993. The complaint named as defendants the…
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