Jackson v. State Employees Retirement System

Fourteen years ago, on August 1,. 1945, Harry H. Jackson, then Avar den of the State-prison of Southern Michigan, was suspended permanently by the corrections commission. The suspension f olloAved an investigation of conditions at the-prison which had revealed conditions reflecting flagrant maladministration. The permanent suspension was for “unsatisfactory service.”

On August 17,1945, Jackson was permanently separated from State service by the civil service commission. Promptly thereafter he sought to attack the discharge by writ of mandamus. He- claimed entitlement to written charges, and a…