Legal Opinion
Bastian v. Personnel Board
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 13, 1982No. 81-0569, 81-0863, 81-1060 consPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
This is a consolidated appeal involving three city employees who were discharged for violating the city residence requirement. The circuit court reversed the Personnel Board’s decisions in the three cases, holding the ordinance to be unconstitutionally vague. Defendant Personnel Board appeals from that ruling.
The ordinance in issue is chapter 25, section 30 of the Chicago Municipal Code, which provides:
“All officers and employees in the classified civil service of the City shall be actual residents of the City. Any officer or employee in the classified civil service of the City who shall fail…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hughes v. Illinois Public Aid CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- People Ex Rel. Stamos v. Public Building CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- People v. TibbittsIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- Scheffki v. Board of Fire & Police CommissionersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
- United States v. StablerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by14 opinions
- O'Boyle v. Personnel Board, City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Fagiano v. Police Board of City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- Cincinnati Insurance v. ArgubrightAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Fagiano v. Police BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Mark Birdsell v. Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of LitchfieldCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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