People ex rel. Madigan v. Burge

Illinois Supreme Court
Civil Court
Pension Code
Citation
Case Number: 
2014 IL 115635
Decision Date: 
Thursday, July 3, 2014
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co.
Holding: 
Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.
Justice: 
BURKE
Decision whether police officer's pension benefits should be terminated when he commits a felony is within the exclusive, original jurisdiction of Retirement Board of Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, under Section 5-189 of Pension Code. (THOMAS, KIARMEIER, and THEIS, concurring; GARMAN, KILBRIDE, and FREEMAN, dissenting.)