Legal Opinion
Romano v. Municipal Employees Annuity & Benefit Fund
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 5, 2008No. 1-07-1132PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff, Charles Romano, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County, confirming a decision of the Board of Trustees of the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Board) which found that, as a consequence of his conviction of a felony “relating to or arising out of or in connection with his service as a municipal employee,” he forfeited all benefits he may have had as a participant in the Municipal Employees Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (Fund). For the reasons that follow, we reverse the…
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