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MELDER v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, DEPT. OF INST.

No. 5621.

144 So.2d 226 (1962)

Chester MELDER, Jr., and Murphy F. Whitmore, Appellants, v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, DEPARTMENT OF INSTITUTIONS of the State of Louisiana, Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1962.

Certiorari Denied November 8, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Picou, Jr., St. Francisville, for appellants.

Benton & Moseley, by E. D. Moseley, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, HERGET, and MILLER, JJ.

MILLER, Judge pro tem.

Chester Melder, Jr., a Correctional Officer I, and Murphy F. Whitmore, Prison Hospital Technician III, were discharged from their employment at Louisiana State Penitentiary by the Warden on June 23, 1961. The assigned cause for dismissal of each was "insubordination and disloyalty of such a nature as to be disruptive, highly demoralizing and detrimental to the operations of this institution,". The specific acts of disloyalty and insubordination...

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