Legal Opinion
Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council v. Town of Cicero
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 17, 1998No. 1-97-3376PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cousins
Three Cicero police officers were given notice that they were to be fired for violation of an ordinance requiring employees of the town to live in Cicero. The officers sought to have their cases heard before a neutral arbitrator, as they said was provided for in the collective bargaining agreement between the town and their union. The town refused to go to arbitration based on its view that the collective bargaining agreement did not obligate it to do so. The union filed suit to compel arbitration pursuant to the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/1 et seq. (West 1994)). The Cicero Board of…
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