Eley v. Cahill

Plaintiffs, employees in the Animal Care Unit of the Police Department of the City of Chicago, filed their amended petition for mandamus to compel the Civil Service Commission and the Superintendent of Police of the City of Chicago to elevate these employees in Civil Service grade and rank to the same pay scale as regularly classified patrolmen of the Police Department. A second count of the amended petition requests back salary for the plaintiffs. The trial court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the petition on the grounds that the petition was insufficient in law to state a cause of…