Martin v. City of Waynesboro

SULLIVAN, Justice,

for the Court:

I

Milton Martin was brought before the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Waynesboro, for a public disciplinary hearing, on March 5, 1987. After the hearing, he was suspended without pay for sixty days, by unanimous vote. On March 13, 1987, Martin filed a timely appeal in the circuit court for due process violations and the city’s failure to meet its burden of proof. The record appealed from was filed, April 6, 1987, with the circuit court. The parties began tentative settlement discussions but a resolution could not be reached. Martin withheld the…