Legal Opinion

Scott v. Department of Commerce & Community Affairs

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 3, 1981No. 53998PublishedCited by 80 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood

On March 19, 1980, plaintiff J ohnny Scott, a commissioner of the East St. Louis Housing Authority, filed a petition seeking a temporary restraining order, a temporary injunction, a permanent injunction and declaratory relief to prevent the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (Department) from conducting a hearing to remove plaintiff and three other commissioners from the Housing Authority pursuant to section 4 of the Housing Authorities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 67½, par. 4). The other commissioners, William Stokes, Larona J. Morris and Willie L. Dancy, were allowed to…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by80 opinions

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