Legal Opinion
Collura v. Board of Police Commissioners
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1986No. 62407PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward
The circuit court of Du Page County confirmed an order of the Itasca board of police commissioners (the board) discharging the plaintiff, Officer Robert Collura, on the complaint of Itasca police chief Stanley Rossol that Collura, while on duty, had improperly fondled a woman. The appellate court affirmed (135 Ill. App. 3d 827), and we granted the plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal under our Rule 315 (94 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)).
In a prior appeal, this court determined that the board improperly considered evidence of a polygraph examination at Collura’s hearing, and the court remanded the…
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