Snell v. City of Shreveport

HALL, Chief Judge.

In this declaratory judgment action and appeal from a decision of the Shreveport Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, the plaintiff police officer appeals from a judgment of the district court rejecting his demands for declaratory relief and to be promoted to police lieutenant effective retroactively. For the reasons expressed in this opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

The background facts were developed at a Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board hearing. In 1984 and 1985 at the times pertinent to this litigation plaintiff John C. Snell…