Legal Opinion

Watkins v. City of Dothan

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 19, 1959No. 4 Div. 967PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the ■Circuit Court of Houston County to review the judgment of that court sustaining an •order of the Personnel Board of the City of Dothan wherein petitioner was dismissed from the service as a police officer •of the city.

The Chief of Police of the City of Dothan suspended petitioner as a policeman and removed him from duty. Petitioner appealed from said order of suspension and removal to the Personnel Board of the City of Dothan. After a bearing, the Personnel Board upheld the Police Chief’s action. Petitioner thereafter appealed from the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Ex Parte DarnellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
  2. Morris v. City CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  3. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Town of BoazSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  4. Ex Parte MorrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. Byars v. Town of BoazSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ex Parte SmithCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  2. Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  3. Smith v. Civil Service Board of City of FlorenceCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  4. Jefferson County v. Berkshire Development Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1964
  5. Ex Parte WatkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959

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