BRANIGHAN v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

No. 9372.

362 So.2d 1221 (1978)

Patrick A. BRANIGHAN v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin R. Sanders, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Michael A. Starks, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and BEER, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

May a Civil Service Commission set aside the dismissal of a police officer for beating two fellow officers senseless, while conceding the beating was sufficient cause for a dismissal, on the ground that the police superintendent's exercise of his authority to dismiss was prompted by suspicion that the officer was guilty of other instances of physical abuse?

Commissioner Wood Brown III's opinion ...

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