Allman v. Police Board of City of Chicago

After the police board of the city of Chicago found that the plaintiff police officer had violated several departmental rules, and ordered him discharged, the trial judge upheld those findings and the discharge order on administrative review. The plaintiff now has appealed that ruling, contending first that one of the board’s findings of fact was against the manifest weight of the evidence, and second that the board’s findings did not provide sufficient cause to warrant his dismissal from the police department.

The plaintiff does not contest the board’s findings that on December 29, 1981, he…