Ex Parte Personnel Board for Mobile Cty., Ala.

In April 1992, the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the City of Mobile, Alabama, terminated David Leo Smith's employment on the ground that Smith had committed a criminal act and was guilty of conduct unbecoming an employee. The Personnel Board for Mobile County upheld the termination. On appeal, the Mobile Circuit Court vacated the Personnel Board's order and directed that Smith be reinstated. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment, and this Court granted the Personnel Board's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Civil Appeals' judgment.…