Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/12/1987

Lewis v. Hayes

Citations

505 N.E.2d 408
152 Ill. App. 3d 1020
106 Ill. Dec. 102
1987 Ill. App. LEXIS 2118

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“we hold that a protectable property interest existed in employment as a probationary police officer in the Village of Bradley.”
Illinois Court of Appeals holds that probationer has property interest where city rules state he can be terminated “if he is found incompetent or disqualified”
“with cause” language altered probationary sta tus of employee because court found it “meaningless” language otherwise
probationary state police officer was entitled to pre-termination hearing where agency rules required one
probationary police officer has property right sustaining section 1983 action
“The defendants ar gue that because [the regulation] does not contain the word ‘only’ that it is just an additional way to discharge a probationary employee. We would only say that to accept the defendants’ interpretation of its rule would render it meaningless.”

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