Legal Opinion
Jones v. Civil Service Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 27, 1979No. 79-7PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kasserman
Plaintiff, Carl Jones, appeals from the order of the Madison County Circuit Court affirming the order of the Alton Civil Service Commission discharging plaintiff from the Alton Police Department for retail theft.
On December 16,1977, Carl Jones, while off duty, was observed by two store security guards inside an Alton department store placing a video cassette tape down the front of his trousers. When he was later apprehended by the security guards in the parking lot, he admitted that he removed the cassette from the store without paying for it but claimed he did so inadvertently. On December…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Nolting v. Civil Service CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
- Fox v. Illinois Civil Service Com.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Epstein v. Civil Service CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Launius v. BD. OF FIRE & POLICE COM'RS OF CITY OF DES PLAINESIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- Jones v. City of AltonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- 37 Fair empl.prac.cas. 523, 36 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 35,088 Carl L. Jones, Sr. v. City of Alton, Illinois, a Municipal Corporation, and Civil Service Commission of the City of Alton, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Caliendo v. MartinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,072 in Re the Pearson Bros. Company, an Illinois Corporation, Debtor-In-Possession Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, Appeal of the Pearson Bros. CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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