Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Sanaghan v. Swalec
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 19, 1959No. Gen. 47,665PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the trustees of the Village of Calumet Park, praying that the trustees he ordered to appoint a hoard of fire and police commissioners by virtue of § 14-1 of the Cities and Villages Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1957, ch. 24, § 14—1). The defendants appeal from a summary judgment granting the writ of mandamus.
The pertinent provisions of § 14-1 are:
“In every municipality with a population of more than 5,000 and not more than 250,000 which is not subject to ‘An Act to regulate the civil service…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Payne v. StauntonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Prichard v. DevanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1934
- Retail Liquor Dealers Protective Ass'n v. SchreiberIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- People v. BOARD OF FIRE & POLICE COM'RSAppellate Court of Illinois · 1952
3Cited by8 opinions
- League of Women Voters v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- People Ex Rel. Naughton v. SwankIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
- Yeley v. Bartonville Fire & Police CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
- Tanner v. SolomonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- People Ex Rel. Naughton v. Department of Public AidAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
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