Legal Opinion
Szewczyk v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 18, 2008No. 2-06-1163PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE BYRNE
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Roger Szewczyk, served as a sergeant in the Village of Richmond (Village) police department from 1995 to 1999. In 1999, Kevin Brusek, then the Village president, appointed him police chief. In 2005, Brusek sent plaintiff a letter announcing that he was “terminated” from office. After three votes, the five members of the Village board of trustees voted four to one to end plaintiffs employment.
Plaintiff asked the new Village president, Lauri Olson, and defendants, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the Village of…
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