Heap v. University Civil Service Merit Board

Plaintiff, Verga Mae Heap, on January 22, 1965, was suspended from her job at Western Illinois University on charges of unauthorized absences, refusal to perform assigned work, failure to follow work schedules, insolence, carelessness, and loafing. She requested and was granted a hearing on these charges by the University Civil Service Merit Board, defendant. The Merit Board appointed a three-man hearing board to make findings of fact on these charges against plaintiff. The hearing board conducted a hearing, taking testimony of witnesses, and in October of 1965 forwarded to the Merit Board a…