Legal Opinion
Meisch v. Department of Police
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 20, 2013No. 2012-CA-0702PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.
| Joseph Meisch was terminated from his position as a New Orleans lieutenant police officer for his failure to report observations of possible criminal activity in a timely fashion. The Civil Service Commission found that Meisch was disciplined for cause, his discipline was commensurate with his offense and that there was no violation of Meisch’s constitutional right to due process. We find the Civil Service Commission did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in concluding that Meisch was disciplined for cause and the discipline was commensurate with the offense for…
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