Michigan State Employees Ass'n v. Civil Service Commission

Petitioners appeal by right from an Ingham County Circuit Court order affirming the decision of the Civil Service Commission (commission) that petitioner Charleston Gregory, Jr., was properly dismissed for cause by the Department of Social Services (department).

Gregory was employed as an intake worker with the department from February 11, 1975, until his discharge on November 1, 1979. The events leading to his discharge began on April 23, 1979, when a claim for emergency assistance was requested by Margaret Rhoades. Rhoades testified that she in formed Gregory that her utility service had…