Fagiano v. Police Board

Fagiano, Bastían, Byttow and Green (employees), career service employees of the city of Chicago (the city), were discharged from employment following separate hearings before either the city police board (Fagiano) or the city personnel board (Bastían, Byttow and Green) regarding alleged violations of certain departmental rules predicated upon the city’s residency requirement (Chicago Municipal Code (1977), ch. 25, sec. 30), which requires that “[a]ll officers and employees in the classified civil service of the City shall be actual residents of the City.” The circuit court granted the…