CITY OF OPELOUSAS v. SCRANTZ

No. 6569.

360 So.2d 1379 (1978)

CITY OF OPELOUSAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leroy J. SCRANTZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor & Trosclair by Frank P. Trosclair, Jr., Opelousas, for defendant-appellant-appellee.

Richard B. Millspaugh, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant.

Harry B. Garland and Salvador L. Diesi, Opelousas, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, FORET and CUTRER, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

The principal issues involved in this case are:

(1) The legality of the dismissal of the plaintiff, a tenured officer of the Opelousas Police Department;

(2) Whether he is estopped by his own laches from contesting the legality of his dismissal, and

(3) Assuming issues 1 and 2 being decided in his favor, the issue of his reinstatement with full pay retroactive to the date of the attempted illegal dismissal.

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