Legal Opinion
Guntharp v. Cobb County
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 16, 1983No. 66681PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Judge.
Appellant is a former Cobb County police officer whose employment was terminated on grounds that he refused to comply with a departmental order to take a lie detector test. The Cobb County Civil Service Board upheld his termination and the superior court denied Guntharp’s application for certiorari. We granted discretionary appeal.
Cobb Police Department General Order 74-6, Internal Affairs Unit, Rule C provides: “C. All employees of the Cobb County Police Department shall submit to a polygraph examination on the order of the Director of Public Safety, his representative or the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cannon v. MacOn Fire & Police Pension BoardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Flacker v. Berr-Nash Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
3Cited by6 opinions
- Grace Drilling Co. v. Board of ReviewCourt of Appeals of Utah · 1989
- Smith v. ElderCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Sullivan v. BrownleeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
- Guntharp v. Cobb County, Ga.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1989
- Smith v. ElderCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
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