Romanik v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

61 Ill.2d 422 (1975)

338 N.E.2d 397

ROBERT ROMANIK, Appellee,

v.

THE BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF EAST ST. LOUIS, Appellant.

No. 46768.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 26, 1975.

Rehearing denied November 21, 1975.

Earle McCaskill, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Bruce N. Cook, of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Judgments reversed.

We allowed leave to appeal in this case to review a judgment of the Fifth District Appellate Court (19 Ill. App.3d 431), which held that a probationary police patrolman could not be discharged without a formal hearing after notice of the grounds…