Court Opinion

ID: 9531846
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:15:21.103467+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:36.111460
License: Public Domain

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN, dissenting: I conclude that the “requirements of the service” necessitate that the employee be discharged. Accordingly, I would affirm the decision of the circuit court. The violations were severe and of a nature that are likely to be committed, as here, by an able person of excellent character who is also very loyal to his or her political party organization. If the admirable qualities of the offender are permitted to have substantial mitigating weight, it will be difficult to deter similar conduct. Where the conduct has continued after reprimand, the employing State agency should be permitted, as a matter of law, to discharge the employee.