Mandarino v. Village of Lombard

Plaintiff, Joseph Mandarino, filed this action in the Circuit Court of Du Page County seeking a declaratory judgment that his employment as chief of police of the village of Lombard had been wrongfully terminated and that a certain ordinance of the defendant village was contrary to section 10 — 2.1—4 of the Municipal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 24, par. 10 — 2.1—4), and for injunctive relief. The circuit court allowed defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and entered judgment in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

The few pertinent facts are largely undisputed. Plaintiff was…