Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Atkin v. City of Knoxville
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1958PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chiee Justice Neil
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The plaintiff in error, Atkin, sues the City of Knoxville, the Mayor, Hon. J. W. Dance, and Roy I. Gentry, Director of the Department of Public Service etc., seeking an alternative writ of mandamus to compel his restoration to the position of Airport Manager in the Department of Public Service of Knoxville, the airport being known as McGee-Tyson air field. The charge is made in the petition that the said petitioner was a civil service employee and he was illegally discharged by the Director of Public Service.
The defendants answered the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of Wolff v. HodsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Campbell v. Board of Civil Service CommissionersCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- Healey v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
3Cited by10 opinions
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- METROPOLITAN GOV. OF NASHVILLE & DAVIDSON CO. v. PoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Blair v. State ex rel. WattsTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
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