Woolfolk v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

Plaintiffs appeal the order of the trial court granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment in an action seeking the reconstitution of the village of Robbins police force which had been abolished by village officials. They contend that genuine issues of material facts existed on whether the abolition of the police force constituted a mere ploy to avoid the Illinois statutes governing due process procedure for the dismissal of municipal policemen. We affirm.

Plaintiffs, several police officers with the village of Robbins (village) police department, lost their jobs on March 1,1978. They…