Manion v. Kreml

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McCORMICK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Eugene Manion, a Chicago police officer, brought this action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, seeking a decree declaring void an ordinance of the City of Chicago and a rule of its Police Board, requiring Chicago patrolmen to be residents of Chicago, and an injunction restraining defendants from enforcing such ordinance and rule. Judgment was entered for defendants on the pleadings. This appeal is from that judgment.

Essentially, plaintiffs argument is that the Civil Service Commission alone is entitled to enact a…