Mitrenga v. Martin

Jerome Mitrenga, a police officer, was discharged by the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the village of Lincolnwood (the Board), after being charged with departmental rule violations. Following a hearing during which findings of fact were adopted by the Board, Mitrenga appealed to the circuit court pursuant to section 3— 104 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 3 — 104). The circuit court sustained the charges against Mitrenga and found that the Board’s findings of fact were supported by the manifest weight of the evidence. However, the court remanded…