Lee v. Provo City Civil Service Commission

HALL, Justice:

Plaintiff, Ned Lee, a Provo City Policeman, was discharged from his employment for misconduct consisting of an extramarital association of some considerable duration with a female dispatcher in the same department. He pursued his right of appeal 1 to the Provo City Civil Service Commission which sustained his discharge, but only after a full hearing wherein the acts of misconduct were not disputed. Plaintiff thereafter petitioned the Fourth District Court for an extraordinary writ in the nature of certiorari for the purpose of reviewing the decision of the Commission.

Plaintiff’s…