Mariette Wallace v. Shreve Memorial Library

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

This case returns to us after the Louisiana Supreme Court declined to accept our certified question. In the absence of guidance from the high court of Louisiana, we will attempt to determine Louisiana’s law on the issue of whether a library technician for a parish library can be a permanent classified civil service employee under Louisiana law, even though that employee has never taken a competitive civil service examination or otherwise complied with civil service requirements. After independent review of the issue, we determine that such a worker can be a permanent…