Urback v. East Carolina University

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

The facts relevant to this appeal are undisputed by the parties. The Personnel Commission found that the petitioner had been an employee at E.C.U. for fourteen and one-half (14 V2) years at the time of his termination and had consistently received a rating of “more than satisfactory” from his supervisors. During the last seven years of his employment, Urback was specifically classified as an air conditioning technician in the heating ventilation and air conditioning section of the utilities division of the physical plant department.

During June 1987, E.C.U. hired outside…