O'DONNELL v. POLICE COMMISSION


174 Conn. 422 (1978)

BRIAN M. O'DONNELL v. POLICE COMMISSION AND POLICE TRIAL BOARD OF THE TOWN OF GREENWICH ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released March 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Macauley, assistant town attorney, for the appellants (defendants).

John Keogh, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Kenneth M. Evans, for the appellee (plaintiff).

HOUSE, C. J., COTTER, LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI and LONGO, JS.


BOGDANSKI, J.

The plaintiff, a sergeant in the Greenwich police department, appealed to the Court of Common Pleas from the action of the Greenwich police commission and trial board in suspending him and demoting him to the rank of a patrolman. The trial court sustained the plaintiff's appeal and ordered him reinstated to the status of a sergeant with all pay and benefits lost.

The following facts are undisputed: On the night of December 19, 1971, the plaintiff...

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