CITY OF KENNER v. LAWRENCE

No. 61903.

365 So.2d 1301 (1978)

CITY OF KENNER v. William Ennis LAWRENCE and Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Commission of the City of Kenner.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Ethridge, Kenner, Cyril H. Reisgen, II, New Orleans, for defendants-applicants.

H. A. Vondenstein, Kenner, for plaintiff-respondent.


TATE, Justice.

The principal issue before us is whether a civil service board has standing to invoke judicial review, independent of an aggrieved employee's loss of his own appellate rights through untimely filing of an appeal bond.

Police Officer Lawrence was dismissed by the City of Kenner on allegations of conduct unbecoming an officer. Lawrence appealed his dismissal to the municipal fire and police civil service commission, which ordered his reinstatement...

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