Legal Opinion
Tinner v. POLICE BD. OF CITY OF CHICAGO
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 28, 1978No. 76-1586PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI
delivered the opinion of the court:
By this appeal, the plaintiff, patrolman Walter Tinner, seeks a review of the decision of the Police Board of the City of Chicago (the Board) that ordered his discharge from the police force. The appeal presents two issues: (1) whether the Board’s findings that Tinner violated Police Department Rules are against the manifest weight of the evidence; and (2) whether there is a basis in the record for the Board’s decision that there was “cause” to discharge him.
The charges against Tinner arise out of an incident which occurred in a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- DeGrazio v. Civil Service CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
- Kreiser v. Police BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Basketfield v. Police Board of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
- Ranquist v. StacklerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- Kreiser v. Police BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Keen v. POLICE BD. OF CITY OF CHICAGOAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Commonwealth v. FosterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2000
- Cooper v. Civil Service CommissionColorado Court of Appeals · 1979
- Shallow v. POLICE BD. OF CITY OF CHICAGOAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- Allman v. Police Board of City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
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