Burke v. State

Claimant, Charles Estel Burke, on March 3, 1961 and prior thereto, was employed as a Prison Agricultural Foreman IV at Pontiac State Prison, Pontiac, Illinois, as a Civil Service employee under the rules of the Department of Personnel. There is no disagreement as to the fact that he was wrongfully discharged from said position on March 3, 1961, and was reinstated following a decision of the Appellate Court of Illinois on June 4, 1963. (Burke vs. Civil Service Commission, 190 N. E. 2d 841.)

At the time of his discharge, claimant’s monthly salary amounted to a gross sum of $560.00 a month, and…