Legal Opinion
Madison v. Department of Police
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 4, 2008No. 2007-C-2405PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
978 So.2d 288 (2008)
Shawn MADISON
v.
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.
No. 2007-C-2405.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 4, 2008.
2Per curiam
Plaintiff, Shawn Madison, is one of several employees of the New Orleans Police Department ("NOPD") who did not report for duty as scheduled following Hurricane Katrina and who were subsequently terminated by the NOPD for abandonment of duty without being provided notice and a pre-termination hearing. The individual officers appealed to the Civil Service Commission for the City of New Orleans ("CSC"), which held that the NOPD erred as a matter of law when it terminated the officers…
3Cases cited9 opinions
- Rosell v. EscoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1989
- Stobart v. State Through DOTDSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Bannister v. Dept. of StreetsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
- Reed v. Department of PoliceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
- Washington v. Department of PoliceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2008
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4Cited by7 opinions
- Eddy Oliver, Oscarlene Nixon, and Mildred Goodwin v. Orleans Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2014
- Allen v. Department of PoliceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
- Meisch v. Department of PoliceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
- City of Kenner v. Kenner Municipal Fire & Police Civil Service BoardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
- Eddy Oliver, Oscarlene Nixon, and Mildred Goodwin v. Orleans Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2014
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