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People Ex Rel. Byrnes v. Stanard

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 15, 1955No. Gen. 46,441, 46,518PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE

delivered the opinion of the court.

A complaint for mandamus was filed on September 21, 1953 by eight former incumbents in civil service posts in the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois against the Director of that Department, the members of the Civil Service Commission, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer to compel their restoration and the payment of unpaid back salaries. They maintain that their dismissals were in violation of applicable provisions of the civil service laws. The defendants moved to strike and dismiss, alleging, among…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Jacobs v. CoffinIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
  2. City of Chicago v. LuthardtIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Motel v. AndrackiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1939
  4. Cross v. JanesIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Oliver v. CrookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1943

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. The PEOPLE EX REL. BYRNES v. StanardIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Rexroat v. AbatteAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
  3. Gaunt v. PayesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
  4. State ex rel. Knowles v. ReserMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982

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