Washington v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff, John Washington, appeals from the circuit court’s affirmance of the decision of the civil service commission of the city of Evanston (the commission) discharging plaintiff as a police officer of Evanston because of his solicitation of sex from a woman on the night of June 16 and the early morning hours of June 17, 1982. Plaintiff contends that the commission lacked jurisdiction to discharge him because he had already been discharged for another offense. We affirm.

Twice before Washington has appealed to this court from adverse decisions concerned with his use of his position as a…