Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Schwehm v. Morrison
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 14, 1955No. 20367PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McBride, judge.
This is a mandamus suit brought by relator, Joseph G. Schwehm, a member of the Police Department of New Orleans. He became affiliated with the police force on June 24, 1925, was elevated to the rank of Captain of Detectives on December 31, 1942, was blanketed in with that rank under the Civil Service Statute, Act 171 of 1940, as amended by Act 177 of 1942, LSA-R.S. 33:2391 et seq., and was demoted to the rank of Lieutenant of Police on October 10, 1946, by the then Superintendent of Police, for the reason that there were “too many Police Captains and Detective Captains.”…
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- State Ex Rel. Calamari v. Orleans Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
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