HIGGINS v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, C.S.C.

No. 52217.

738 S.W.2d 895 (1987)

Johnny HIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, et al., Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied October 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Bobinette, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sheryl Y. Johnson, Public Counsel, David Richard Bohm, Asst. City Counselor, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


STEPHAN, Judge.

Johnny Higgins appeals from a circuit court order that affirms the Civil Service Commission's decision to dismiss him from his job as an airport policeman. The Commission had "approved, affirmed and upheld" Higgins' dismissal upon finding that Higgins had failed, without valid reason, to report for duty on a day when he had been ordered to do so, that he had become argumentative when questioned about his absence by the Chief of Police and had refused...

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