Legal Opinion
Allison v. City of Southfield
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided November 7, 1988No. Docket 94643PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Holbrook, Jr., J.
Defendants, the City of South-field, its director of public safety, and its former chief of police, appeal from an order granting a declaratory judgment that PR 3.01, an internal police rule regulating secondary employment, was unconstitutional as applied to plaintiff police officers employed by the city. Secondary employment refers to the practice of public employees holding an additional, part-time job. We reverse.
Plaintiffs desire to conduct a part-time business as private investigators in addition to their employment as police officers. To that end, they formed a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Osius v. City of St. Clair ShoresMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
- Sponick v. Detroit Police DepartmentMichigan Court of Appeals · 1973
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