Legal Opinion · Dissent
Sutton v. Tennessee Civil Service Commission
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1989Published
1DissentFones, Justice
I dissent. I have a completely different view of the facts in this case and their application to the sick leave and dismissal provisions of the Code and Civil Service Regulations than that in the majority opinion.
*791Appellee Anthony Sutton was employed by the Greene Valley Developmental Center as a cook. The Center is a state facility operated by the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. Sutton was hired on 16 March 1976. Between his hiring and March 1983 he was formally disciplined for the habitual improper use of sick leave privileges and habitual failure to report for duty at…
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- Reece v. Tennessee Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
- North Carolina a & T University v. KimberCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
- Sargeant v. DirectorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Sargeant v. Director, Brooklyn Developmental CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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