Horrigan v. New Orleans Police Department

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Roy J. Horrigan, a police officer possessing civil service status, was discharged from his position on July 11, 1957, by the Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department because he had refused to cooperate with officers conducting an interdepartmental investigation; he then appealed1 to the Civil Service Commission of the City of New Orleans endeavoring to obtain an order of reinstatement.

On December 12, 1957, the Commission dismissed the plaintiff’s appeal when he failed to appear before the board after having received notification in advance that his hearing…