Nolting v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff, a patrolman in the Department of Police, brought this suit under the Administrative Review Act to review an order of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Chicago which had found him guilty of misconduct and ordered him discharged from his position. The trial court found that the Commission’s decision was harsh and unwarranted and therefore (sic) contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. Upon plaintiff’s agreeing in open court to waive all back salary as a condition precedent, the court ordered his immediate reinstatement. We later consider and find this “agreement to…