EX PARTE FULTON

85-1045.

494 So.2d 75 (1986)

Ex parte Fred F. FULTON III. (Re Fred F. FULTON III v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF the STATE of Alabama and the Personnel Board of the State of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendell W. Mitchell, Luverne, for petitioner.

John R. Wible, Montgomery, for respondent Dept. of Public Health.

Richard N. Meadows, Montgomery, for respondent State Personnel Bd.


HOUSTON, Justice.

We disagree with the conclusion reached by the Court of Civil Appeals, 494 So.2d 73, that "There is no requirement in Alabama of a nexus between the employee's off-duty misconduct and the efficiency of service." The court, citing Maddox v. Clark, 422 So.2d 791 (Ala.Civ.App.1982), correctly notes that the cause for which an employee is discharged must "interfere with...

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