Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Erickson v. Sheehan
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 9, 1960No. Gen. 47,768PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schwartz
Two suits, one for a writ of prohibition and one for mandamus, were filed by plaintiffs and were consolidated in the trial court. Defendants moved for a judgment on the pleadings. That motion was sustained and the suits dismissed, from which order this appeal was taken.
The petition for writ of prohibition sought to prevent the Civil Service Commission of the city of Chicago from certifying the names of persons for promotion to the rank of police captain from a promotional register published by the commission on December 29,1958. The petition for writ of mandamus sought to order the commission…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People ex rel. Baird v. StevensonIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
- People ex rel. Gilbert v. HurleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1948
- Malkin v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1955
- People Ex Rel. Harty v. GulleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1954
- People ex rel. Heineck v. HoldingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1917
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States of America v. City of Chicago, Appeal of Linda Augustus and Appeal of Suzanne Baker, Petitioning-IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Meana v. MorrisonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- 16 Fair empl.prac.cas. 823, 15 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7986 United States of America v. City of Chicago, and Roy Isakson, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- People Ex Rel. Recktenwald v. JanuraAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- People Ex Rel. Hawkonsen v. ConliskAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
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