KENT v. CIVIL SERVICE MERIT BD. OF SHELBY COUNTY


652 S.W.2d 350 (1983)

Louis L. KENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE MERIT BOARD OF SHELBY COUNTY, Tennessee, and the Shelby County Sheriffs Department, Respondents-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied May 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Bryant Chambers, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Warner Hodges, III, Germantown, for respondents-appellees.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court May 31, 1983.

NEARN, Presiding Justice, Western Section.

Louis L. Kent was fired from his job as a Shelby County Deputy Sheriff. The Civil Service Review Board of Shelby County upheld the discharge and Kent appealed that finding to the Chancery Court of Shelby County for review in the manner provided for by T.C.A. § 27-9-114(a). The Chancellor held:

The Board did not act in an arbitrary...

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