BOARD OF COM'RS v. LIVINGSTON

No. CA 88 0630.

546 So.2d 259 (1989)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PORT OF NEW ORLEANS v. Ronald A. LIVINGSTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald O. Gussoni, Jr., Bd. of Com'rs, Port of New Orleans, New Orleans, for appellant.

Dwight W. Norton, New Orleans, for appellee.

Robert R. Boland, Jr., Civil Service Legal Counsel, Dept. of State Civil Service, Baton Rouge, for Herbert L. Sumrall, Director, Dept. of State Civil Service.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and FOIL, JJ.


FOIL, Judge.

This appeal challenges the action of the Civil Service Commission in awarding attorney's fees to a classified employee, despite ruling that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the employee's appeal. Because we hold the Civil Service Commission did indeed have subject matter jurisdiction over the appeal, and uphold the Referee's reversal of the challenged action, we affirm the award of attorney's fees.

Appellee, Ronald Livingston, is employed...

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