Legal Opinion
Guggenheim v. New Orleans Police Department
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided July 12, 2000No. 99-CA-2804PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JJTRBY, Judge.
Defendant/Appellant, Gary Guggenheim, appeals the finding of the Civil Service Commission upholding Mr. Guggenheim’s termination from the New Orleans Police Department.
STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
On June 22, 1996, the New Orleans Police Department (“NOPD”) terminated Police Officer Gary Guggenheim (“ Appellant”) for testing positive for marijuana metabolites after he was randomly selected to be screened by the NOPD. Prior to the termination, the NOPD had disciplined Appellant only once before, a one-day suspension, in his fifteen years on the job. Appellant had never exhibited signs…
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