Goodridge v. Ypsilanti Township Board

Petitioner appeals as of right a trial court order affirming a decision of the Ypsilanti Township Civil Service Commission (ytcsc) to sustain the termination of petitioner’s employment as Ypsilanti Township’s fire chief. We reverse.

This case stems from events that took place in April 1986 and resulted in the creation of two fraudulent civil service eligibility hiring lists for fire fighters; one list was dated April 7, 1986, and the other was dated April 21, 1986. The purpose of the lists was to rank applicants according to their written and oral exam results. However, both lists contained…