SCIORTINO v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

No. 94-CA-0356.

643 So.2d 841 (1994)

Michael SCIORTINO v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. DeSalvo, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellant.

Robert Early, Asst. City Atty., Phillip Ciaccio, Chief of Civ. Litigation, Avis Marie Russell, City Atty., New Orleans, for defendant/appellee.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and BYRNES and WALTZER, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New Orleans affirming appellant's dismissal from the New Orleans Police Department for testing positive for marijuana. Appellant was a seventeen year veteran policeman whose superior officers attested to his good record. The issue is whether appellant was denied due process when he was prevented from having an independent test performed on his urine sample and was...

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