Nation v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

This is an action brought under the provisions of the Administrative Review Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, eh. 110, par. 264 et seq.). Defendant seeks review of a trial court order reversing a decision of the defendant Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of Taylorville in which plaintiff-appellee, William Nation, was discharged from the police department for conduct unbecoming a police officer.

Defendant contends in this appeal that: (1) the trial court should not substitute its judgment for the judgment of an administrative agency on matters committed to the agency’s discretion;…