Vaught v. Waites

The principal issue in this case is the scope of judicial review in a municipality’s decision to terminate one of its employees. The circuit court sustained the City’s action in terminating appellant Vaught. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Appellant, Lenwood Vaught, was employed as a supervisor of the sanitation department of the City of West Columbia. The respondents, Paul E. Waites, Robert M. Wise, S. C. Cogburn, Bernard Epperson, D. H. Gissendanner, Bobby E. Horton, Lloyd E. Kirkland, H. Douglas Reeves, and William H. Rhodes are members of the West Columbia City Council. In…