Legal Opinion
Branighan v. Department of Police
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 12, 1978No. 9372PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
362 So.2d 1221 (1978)
Patrick A. BRANIGHAN
v.
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.
No. 9372.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
September 12, 1978.
Rehearing Denied October 19, 1978.
Irwin R. Sanders, New Orleans, for plaintiff.
Michael A. Starks, New Orleans, for defendant.
Before REDMANN, LEMMON and BEER, JJ.
REDMANN, Judge.
May a Civil Service Commission set aside the dismissal of a police officer for beating two fellow officers senseless, while conceding the beating was sufficient cause for a dismissal, on the ground that the police superintendent's exercise of his authority to dismiss was prompted by…
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