Jefferson Levee District v. Lanza

LOTTINGER, Judge.

Defendant was indefinitely suspended from his position as police lieutenant for the Jefferson Parish Levee District on March 6, 1981. The basis of the suspension was that defendant allegedly discharged his firearm into a telephone book within the Jefferson Parish Levee District substation located in Kenner, Louisiana.

On March 6, 1981, defendant was ordered to submit to a lie detector test administered by Goodwin and Associates. Upon appearing at the offices of Goodwin and Associates, defendant was asked to sign a release form purporting to release Goodwin and Associates, the…