Lee v. Illinois Racing Board Laboratory

This is an action under the Administrative Review Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110, pars. 264 through 279) for the review of an order of the Civil Service Commission of the State of Illinois (Commission), which dismissed plaintiff Fred G. H. Lee (Lee) as a certified employee of the Illinois Racing Board Laboratory (Laboratory). The trial court affirmed the Commission’s decision, and Lee has appealed, contending that (1) the Commission’s decision is against the manifest weight of the evidence and is not supported by substantial evidence; (2) he was not dismissed for cause; (3) he was…