Legal Opinion
Shelby County Civil Service Merit Board v. Lively
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 10, 1985PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
This case involves the constitutionality of a portion of 1971 Tenn.Priv.Acts ch. 110, creating a civil service system for county employees, including the employees of certain county officials, in Shelby County, Tennessee. The Act is comprehensive in scope. Only one portion thereof is challenged in this case. Insofar as pertinent here, the statute purports to eliminate the authority of certain county officials to terminate their deputies at will and to place such deputies under the civil service system, removable only for cause.
In enacting the private act, the General…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Condon v. MaloneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
- Metropolitan Government of Nashville v. PoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Brentwood Liquors Corp. of Williamson Cty. v. FoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- City of Knoxville v. State Ex Rel. HaywardTennessee Supreme Court · 1939
- City of Nashville v. MartinTennessee Supreme Court · 1928
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Jenkins v. Loudon CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
- Case v. Shelby County Civil Service Merit BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
- Civil Service Merit Board of City of Knoxville v. BursonTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- Hart v. City of Johnson CityTennessee Supreme Court · 1990
- Spurlock v. Sumner CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
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