LA DEPT. OF AGRI. & FORESTRY v. SUMRALL

No. 98-C-1587.

728 So.2d 1254 (1999)

LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY v. Herbert SUMRALL, Director of Civil Service; The Department of Civil Service; The State Civil Service Commission; Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General of Louisiana; Earl Kolb, and Carolyn Dance.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. James Gelpi, David S. McFadden, New Orleans, for Applicant.

Robert R. Boland, Jr., Baton Rouge, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Joseph M. Clark, Sr., Shreveport, Carolyn Dance, for Respondent.


KIMBALL, J.*

We granted certiorari in this case to review the court of appeal decision holding that the rules promulgated by the Civil Service Commission which afford a classified employee the right to an administrative appeal to the Commission on claims of discrimination, on grounds other than the four specifically listed in Louisiana Constitution Article X, Section 8(B), are a constitutional exercise of the Commission's rulemaking authority...

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