Kren v. Civil Service Commission

On October 26, 1989, plaintiff Donald Lee Kren filed a complaint in the circuit court of Sangamon County directed against defendant Springfield Civil Service Commission (Commission). An amended three-count complaint was subsequently filed. At all times, one of the counts sought administrative review (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 3 — 102) of the ultimate decision of the Commission, i.e., that plaintiff had failed a civil service examination for promotion to the position of fire battalion chief.

The Commission filed a motion to dismiss each count of the amended complaint, and plaintiff…