Rohrback v. Department of Employment Security

The State fired plaintiffs, Mary Ann Rohrback and Virginia Wood, on the ground that they had obtained reappointments to new four-year terms through fraud. Plaintiffs appealed to the Civil Service Commission (Commission), which overturned the discharges but suspended plaintiffs for 90 days for improperly trying to extend their terms of employment. The Commission held the reappointments were invalid because plaintiffs had never effectively resigned from their unexpired terms.

Plaintiffs then brought this action for administrative review. The employing agencies and the Department of Central…