Krajewski v. City of Royal Oak

This case arises under the veterans’ preference act, MCL 35.401 et seq.; MSA 4.1221 et seq. After a hearing pursuant to MCL 35.402; MSA 4.1222, plaintiff was discharged from his job as a laborer for "official misconduct”. Plaintiff sought review in circuit court of this decision by means of a petition for a writ of superintending control. The circuit court held, in the alternative, that plaintiff could not commit "official misconduct” because he was not an "official” and that plaintiff’s actions were insufficiently related to his job to constitute "official misconduct”. An order of…