Legal Opinion

Sutton v. Civil Service Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 18, 1982No. 54855PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simon

The Department of Corrections filed the following charges in a discharge proceeding against plaintiff, Robert W. Sutton, a program supervisor at the Menard Correctional Center:

“Robert Sutton, employed by the Department of Corrections in the position of Activity Program Supervisor, is discharged for cause, that cause being conduct unbecoming a state employee, in that: On May 2, 1979 Mr. Sutton approached resident inmate Andrew Englesman (#A — 58057) at the Menard Correctional Center and asked inmate Englesman how much it would take (money) to get Warden Greer ‘killed off.’

Mr. Sutton also…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Fantozzi v. Board of Fire & Police CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Kreiser v. Police BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Basketfield v. Police Board of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities v. Civil Service CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Sutton v. Illinois Civil Service CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981

3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Launius v. BD. OF FIRE & POLICE COM'RS OF CITY OF DES PLAINESIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Walsh v. Board of Fire & Police CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Starkey v. Civil Service CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Feliciano v. Illinois Racing BoardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. Kloss v. Board of Fire & Police CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1983

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