Hammond v. North Dakota State Personnel Board

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by Howard Hammond from a judgment of the District Court of Burleigh County, dated October 12,1982, by which the court dismissed Hammond’s administrative appeal, under Chapter 28-32, N.D.C.C., for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We reverse and remand to the district court for proceedings on the merits of Hammond’s administrative appeal.

On March 31, 1982, Charlene Seifert, Director of the State Laboratories Department, terminated Hammond’s employment as the department’s Chief Chemist. At the time of his termination, Hammond was a classified…