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KNIGHT v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

No. 91-CA-2448.

619 So.2d 1116 (1993)

Lorenza KNIGHT v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 27, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale W. Poindexter, Poindexter & Oxner, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, Lorenza Holmes Knight.

William D. Aaron, Jr., City Atty., George A. Blair, III, Deputy City Atty., Brett J. Prendergast, Chief of Civil Litigation, New Orleans, for Department of Police.

Before CIACCIO, WARD and ARMSTRONG, JJ.

WARD, Judge.

The Superintendent of Police ordered Captain Lorenza Knight involuntarily retired from the New Orleans Police Department for racist remarks Knight made during a telephone conversation with a subordinate while he was on duty. Knight, a 25 year veteran with an exemplary service record, appealed to the City Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service hearing was before a hearing officer and a transcript of the hearing was submitted to a panel of three of...

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