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WILLIAMS v. ORLEANS LEVEE DIST.

Nos. 2009-CA-0003, 2009-CA-0004, 2009-CA-0005.

24 So.3d 307 (2009)

Ulysses WILLIAMS v. The ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT AND ITS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Jim Huey, Individually, and In His Capacity As President of the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, Patricia Harris, Individually, and In Her Capacity As a Member of the Board of Commissioners, Gary Benoit, Individually, and In His Capacity As Acting General Counsel for the Orleans Levee District and ABC Insurance Company. Ulysses Williams v. The Orleans Levee District and Its Board of Commissioners, Jim Huey, Individually, and In His Capacity As President of the Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District, Patricia Harris, Individually, and In Her Capacity As a Member of the Board of Commissioners, et al. Ulysses Williams v. Board of Commissioners, Orleans Levee District.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Koerner, Jr., Koerner Law Firm, Houma, LA, for Ulysses Williams.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Attorney General, Special Assistant Attorney General, William David Coffey, Special Assistant Attorney General, Panzeca & D'Angelo, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for State of Louisiana & Office of the Governor.

Henry P. Julien, Jr., Stephen L. Scott, The Kullman Firm, APLC, New Orleans, LA, for Orleans Levee District & Its Board of Commissioners, et al.

(Court composed of Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge TERRI F. LOVE).

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal arises from a dispute regarding the dismissal of Ulysses Williams from his position with the Orleans Levee District. The Civil Service Commission and referee determined that an appropriate punishment for the alleged conduct was a thirty-day suspension, as opposed to his dismissal by the Orleans Levee District. The First Circuit reversed and reinstated the dismissal.1 Ulysses Williams also filed several...

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