Hoppe v. City of Shreveport

John L. Hoppe, John F. Templin and Shreveport Police Local Union No. 646, SEIU-NUPO, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated labor association of Shreveport, brought this suit against the City of Shreveport, Public Safety Commissioner George W. D’Artois and the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board of Shreveport.

Insofar as pertinent here, the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Law, Section 15.1 of Article XIV of the Constitution of 1921, is part of the government of the City of Shreveport. The law provides a system of civil service for/municipalities with populations of 13,000 ti> 250,000.…