Soles v. City of Raleigh Civil Service Commission

LAKE, Justice.

The petitioner, John Soles, was hired by the City of Raleigh (“the City”) on 5 April 1984 as an Engineering Aide I, a position Soles held until 13 August 1986, when the City promoted him to Engineering Aide II. On 2 November 1990, Soles traveled to a work site in a City-owned carryall truck with his supervisor, Junious Nichols, and a coworker, David Smith. When they arrived at the work site, Nichols left the vehicle. Soles and Smith stayed in the truck. Shortly thereafter, Smith smelled a strong marijuana odor coming from the back of the truck. Smith turned around and saw Soles…