City of Springfield Department of Public Affairs v. Civil Service Commission

Plaintiff, City of Springfield Department of Public Affairs, appeals a judgment of the circuit court of Sangamon County entered July 9, 1982. That court affirmed a decision of defendant, the Civil Service Commission for the City of Springfield, Illinois (Commission), entered June 25, 1982, which denied plaintiff’s complaint for the discharge of defendant, Adam Sockel, from his position as a city police officer. The charge before the Commission alleged that defendant Sockel “violated] Police Department Rule 1.07 by refusing a lawful order of [a field commander] to submit to a breathalyzer test…