Murdy v. Edgar

Plaintiff, Dennis Murdy, filed an action in the circuit court of Sangamon County for administrative review of the decision of defendant, Jim Edgar, Secretary of State for Illinois (Secretary), denying his petition for reinstatement of driving privileges. The circuit court reversed the decision of the Secretary, and the appellate court affirmed (117 Ill. App. 3d 1091). We granted the Secretary’s petition for leave to appeal (87 Ill. 2d R. 315).

There is but one issue: Was the Secretary’s decision against the manifest weight of the evidence?

The record shows that on January 18, 1982, an…