JENNINGS v. SUMRALL

No. 89 CA 0935.

558 So.2d 1140 (1989)

Mary S. JENNINGS v. Herbert L. SUMRALL, Director, Department of Civil Service, State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Smith, III, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Mary S. Jennings.

Robert R. Boland, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Hebert L. Sumrall.

Taylor Caffery, Baton Rouge, for defendant-first appellant Robert M. Casse, Jr. and K. Lane Ardoin.

Mark E. Falcon, Baton Rouge, for Marshall J. Ryals, intervenor.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge.

This suit involves the interpretation of conflicting constitutional and statutory law regarding the filling of a vacancy on the State Civil Service Commission.

Article X, Section 3 of the Louisiana Constitution of 19741 provides for a seven member State Civil Service Commission (Commission), with six appointed members and one member who is elected by the classified employees of the State. In February 1987, pursuant...

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