Parker v. Township of West Bloomfield

Plaintiff has appealed from the January 23, 1974 judgment finding no cause of action in a suit for wrongful discharge. In its bench opinion of January 3, 1974, the trial court found that plaintiff failed to prove that she was a police officer of the West Bloomfield Police Department at the time of her dismissal in June of 1971, and that she was therefore not entitled to a police board hearing before being dismissed. The trial court further found that even if plaintiff were a police officer, her employment was ultra vires and therefore she was not entitled to reinstatement or back wages.

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