Callahan v. Department of State Police

Defendant, the Illinois Department of State Police (Department), appeals from the order of the circuit court reversing the decision of the Illinois State Police Merit Board (Board) that plaintiff, Special Agent James Callahan, had violated the Department’s rule proscribing insubordination by disobeying a lawful order of a superior. The Department contends that the trial court erred in reversing the decision of the Board because the decision was not against the manifest weight of the evidence presented at the administrative hearing.

In November 1986, Callahan was charged with violating certain…