Legal Opinion
McClure v. Hightower
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 29, 1976No. 31002PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
This appeal is from an order of the Cobb Superior Court dismissing James R. McClure’s petition for mandamus. McClure, a police officer, sought to compel the director of public safety to restore him to the rank of sergeant in the Cobb County Police Department.
McClure had been a sergeant with the county police department until he was demoted by Director Hightower to the rank of patrolman in January 1975 based on two charges of misconduct. He appealed to the Cobb County Civil Service Board. In March the civil service board decided that a strongly written reprimand be issued, that…
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