Legal Opinion
Konen v. New Orleans Police Department
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 8, 1954No. 41846PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff, availing himself of the provisions of Article 14, Section 15 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1921, as amended 1 and the Rules of this Court, 2 appeals from the Civil Service Commission’s ruling on his appeal to that body from the action of the Superintendent of Police in dismissing him from the New Orleans Police Department for the assigned reason that an arrest made by him was found to have been “made out of personal prejudice and without proper cause.”
The appellant’s dismissal was based upon the findings of an investigation of the arrest by appellant,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Ricks v. Department of State Civil ServiceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
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- State v. McDonellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1945
- State Ex Rel. Bourgeois v. Board of Sup'rs of Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Broussard v. State Industrial School for Colored YouthsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
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