Sibley v. Health & Hospitals' Governing Commission

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

We are asked in this consolidated appeal to decide whether the Health and Hospitals’ Governing Commission of Cook County (hereinafter the Commission) has the power to establish a mandatory retirement program for its employees.

The Commission was created by the legislature to operate the Cook County Hospital and certain other medical institutions. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 34, par. 5011 et seq.) On February 15, 1972, the Commission adopted a resolution establishing a compulsory retirement program for all its employees effective…