Austin v. Shelby County Government, Register's Office

CRAWFORD, Judge.

This appeal is to review the order of the Chancery Court which reversed the ruling of the Shelby County Civil Service Merit Board.

Appellant, Victor H. Austin, an employee of the Shelby County Register’s Office from February 1, 1981, was discharged for insubordination by the Register, Guy Bates, on October 28, 1986. Austin appealed his discharge to the Shelby County Civil Service Merit Board. After a lengthy evi-dentiary hearing, the Board found that Austin was guilty of insubordination, but that discharge from employment was too severe under the circumstances. The Board…