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HATFIELD v. ARIZONA HIGHWAY PATROL MERIT SYS. COUN.

No. 7457.

97 Ariz. 24 (1964)

396 P.2d 256

Clayton HATFIELD, Appellant, v. ARIZONA HIGHWAY PATROL MERIT SYSTEM COUNCIL, Vernon C. Foster, Chairman of the Merit System Council, Howard R. Guinn, Member of the Merit System Council, and George A. Bideaux, Member of the Merit System Council, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

October 21, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Skousen, Mesa, Vincent D. Maggiore, Edmond J. Brash, and H.B. Daniels, Phoenix, for appellant.

Kenneth S. Scoville, Phoenix, and Robert W. Pickrell, Atty. Gen., for appellees.

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

Appellant brought certiorari in the court below, seeking to review his dismissal from the Arizona Highway Patrol. He was hired by the Patrol in 1954. At the time he was hired, his weight was over the maximum of 225 pounds as specified by the Arizona Merit System Council for highway patrolmen. From 1954 to 1960 appellant was told repeatedly, both orally and in writing, to reduce. He did not do so and, although petitioner was only six feet one...

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