Melder v. Louisiana State Penitentiary, Department of Institutions

MILLER, Judge pro tern.

Chester Melder, Jr., a Correctional Officer I, and Murphy F. Whitmore, Prison Hospital Technician III, were discharged from their employment at Louisiana State Penitentiary by the Warden on June 23, 1961. The assigned cause for dismissal of each was “insubordination and disloyalty of such a nature as to be disruptive, highly demoralizing and detrimental to the operations of this institution,”. The specific acts of disloyalty and insubordination assigned by the Warden were the following:

“1. Shortly after the present board of institutions took office on or about July 25,…