Ress v. Office of the State Comptroller

768 N.E.2d 255 (2002)

329 Ill. App.3d 136

263 Ill.Dec. 495

John J. RESS, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

The OFFICE OF the STATE COMPTROLLER, and the Office of the State Comptroller's Merit Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 1-00-3339.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

March 29, 2002.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 2002, and May 5, 2002.

Law Offices of Pengtian Ma, Chicago (Pengtian Ma, of counsel), for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General (Jerald S. Post, of counsel); Altheimer & Gray (Iain D. Johnson, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the…