Louisiana State Civil Service Commission v. Louisiana Department of Corrections

ELLIS, Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, brought by the Louisiana State Civil Service Commission and Warren A. Cor-mier against Louis M. Sowers, Director of the Department of Corrections and the Louisiana Department of Corrections.

The record shows that Mr. Cormier was discharged as Superintendent of the Louisiana Correctional and Industrial School on January 20, 1967. Following protracted litigation, he was ordered reinstated as such by the Louisiana State Civil Service Commission on December 20, 1968. The Commission’s decree reads as follows:

“Therefore, his appeal is sustained…