SMITH v. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES

Nos. 81-C-3266, 81-C-3283.

416 So.2d 94 (1982)

Melvin SMITH v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, Office of Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Denson Holmes, Dept. of State Civil Service, Baton Rouge, for applicant in No. 82-C-3266.

Louis L. Robein, Jr., Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy, Gardner & Foley, Philip H. Kennedy, La. Dept. of Health & Human Resources, New Orleans, Laura Denson Holmes, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

Philip H. Kennedy, La. Dept. of Health and Human Resources, New Orleans, for applicant, in No. 82-C-3283.


MARCUS, Justice.

Melvin Smith was employed by the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) as a Police Officer I (probationary status) at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. He was suspended because of his involvement in a shooting incident and his alleged failure to cooperate with the police. His special officers commission issued by the police department was confiscated and revoked. Smith filed an appeal with the State Civil Service Commission, challenging the...

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