Legal Opinion
Devoney v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 2002No. 91468PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Harrison
William Devoney, a former Chicago police lieutenant, was convicted of federal mail fraud charges arising from his participation in a scheme to defraud Allstate Insurance. The issue before us is whether Devoney’s conviction, a felony, “relat[ed] to or [arose] out of or in connection with his service as a policeman” so as to render him ineligible for his police pension benefits under section 5 — 227 of the Illinois Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/5 — 227 (West 1998)). The Retirement Board of the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago (the Retirement Board) answered this question in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bell v. Louisville & NashVille RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
- Kerner v. State Employees' Retirement System of IllinoisIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Stillo v. State Retirement SystemsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1999
- Cullen v. Retirement Board of the Policeman's Annuity & Benefit FundAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
- Siwek v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit FundAppellate Court of Illinois · 2001
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Joseph Yasak v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Taddeo v. Board of Trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement FundIllinois Supreme Court · 2005
- Maksym v. Board of Election CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 2011
- People ex rel. Madigan v. BurgeIllinois Supreme Court · 2014
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