Legal Opinion

City of Alexandria v. Alexandria Civil Service Commission

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 4, 2009No. 09-484PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SULLIVAN, Judge.

_JjThe Alexandria Civil Service Commission (the Commission) appeals a judgment rendered by the Ninth Judicial District Court reversing its decision to reprimand Michael Marcotte (Marcotte) for violating a civil service rule forbidding political activity by classified employees of the City of Alexandria (the City). For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

The trial court outlined the following facts in its Written Reasons for Judgment, which we adopt as our own:

This case arises out of a dispute about whether a political candidate for city council resided in the district from…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Vilma Lissette Vega Jose Vega v. National Life Insurance Services, Inc., Pan-American Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
  3. Bannister v. Dept. of StreetsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  4. Newman v. Department of FireSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. Wilson v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Haygood v. Louisiana State Board of DentistryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  2. City of Eunice v. Eunice Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  3. Sabrina Farace v. City of PinevilleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019

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