Zurek v. COOK COUNTY POLICE MERIT BD.

This is an appeal from an administrative review proceeding by the Cook County Police Department Merit Board, hereinafter called the Board. Defendants appeal from the trial court’s ruling that the Board lacked jurisdiction over the proceedings because charges were not filed against the plaintiffs within the time prescribed by the Board’s rules. Plaintiffs cross appeal from the trial court’s ruling that the Board’s findings and decision were supported by and in conformity with the manifest weight of the evidence.

On April 24, 1974, the sheriff of Cook County suspended plaintiffs Rayford Carter…