De Guiseppe v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County in favor of the defendants.

The issues presented on appeal are (1) Whether the appointment of Lieutenant Dwight Wulf to chief of police of the Bellwood Police Department on November 9, 1967, resulted in a vacancy in the rank of lieutenant; (2) Whether the 1968 Bellwood sergeants’ promotional register was properly stricken in 1971, because no vacancy existed in the rank of sergeant which could have been filled from that register; (3) Whether…