Legal Opinion
Marchiafava v. Baton Rouge Fire & Police Civil Service Board
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 6, 1957No. 43287PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
On August 6, 1956 Archie J. Marchiafava was notified of his dismissal as a member *19of the Baton Rouge Police Department, the written reasons given therefor by the Chief of Police being that he had participated in political activities in violation of paragraph 34, subd. a(4) (e) of the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Law (Article XIV, Section 15.1 of the Louisiana Constitution, as amended) in that he was “engaged in handing out campaign literature and wearing a badge advocating the election of a candidate in the Mayor-President race on election day.” He appealed to the…
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