Villines v. Lee

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Circuit Judge Marion Humphrey granted administrative leave to the court’s secretary, case coordinator, bailiff, assistant bailiff, probation officer, and law clerk from May 24th to June 4, 1993, while the court’s chambers and courtroom were being relocated in the Pulaski County Courthouse. County Judge F.G. “Buddy” Villines later learned that the circuit court employees had not worked during the two-week period and advised Judge Humphrey that he had been without authority to grant administrative leave to the court employees because Pulaski County’s personnel policy,…