Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 2, 1997No. 01A01-9610-CH-00476PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTRELL, Judge.
The question in this case is whether a state employee protected by civil service has á right to be heard before being reclassified to the unprotected executive service. The Chancery Court of Davidson County held that the employee had a right to grieve the reclassification. We affirm.
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The appellee, Joe E. Armstrong, was initially hired at the Tennessee Department of Veteran Affairs (“TDVA”) in May of 1989 in the position of Administrative Service Assistant 1, an executive position. In the Spring of 1994, by which time Mr. Armstrong had been promoted to the position of…
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