Louisville Civil Service Board v. Blair

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed a summary judgment reinstating Blair as a sergeant with the Louisville Division of Police and awarding him back pay in the amount of $113,167.

The principal issue is whether the taking of disciplinary action against a public employee for the same conduct for which his conviction in a criminal trial was subsequently reversed constitutes double jeopardy so as to preclude the disciplinary action. The second question presented is whether the doctrine of laches or estoppel is applicable to a request for…