Foster v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff, Lloyd Foster, sought administrative review from a ruling by the Civil Service Commission (Commission), which upheld his layoff from the Illinois Department of Revenue (Department) along with his particular reemployment classification. On appeal, plaintiff contends that (1) the decision upholding his layoff was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence, and (2) the trial court erred in ruling, following remand proceedings, that he was properly excluded from a certain reemployment list.

Plaintiff began his employment with the Department in May 1971. From that time until 1986, he…