Legal Opinion
Matter of Discharge of Jones
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1986No. 19238PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BILLINGS, District Judge:
On February 18, 1982, Deputy Sheriff Wayne L. Jones was discharged by the Tooele County Sheriff pursuant to U.C.A., 1953, §§ 17-30-18(a), (c), and (e). 1 The sheriff charged Deputy Jones with improperly taking a truck and a motorcycle from a prisoner, submitting falsified reports, and illegally removing a license plate from an impounded vehicle and using it on the truck taken from the prisoner. In this case, the sheriff appeals a decision of the district court affirming the Tooele County Deputy Sheriffs’ Merit Commission’s (Merit Commission) reinstatement of Deputy…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Johnson v. MorrisWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- John R. Hansen v. Raymond W. MayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Franklin Financial v. New Empire Development Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1983
- Cleveland Kimbrough v. Dave O'neil, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of St. Clair County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by10 opinions
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