Martin v. Sewerage & Water Board

BEER, Judge.

These consolidated cases come to us — by different routes — from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans and from the Civil Service Commission of the City of New Orleans. We conclude that the actions of both were correct and, accordingly, affirm.

In view of the basis for our conclusion, we limit the discussion in this opinion to the issue upon which our decision is founded.

At all times pertinent, appellant, Clyde P. Martin, Jr., was an employee of the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans. By 1974, through diligent and conscientious effort, he had progressed to the…