Legal Opinion
Sterne v. Department of State Civil Service
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided April 1, 1999No. 98 CA 0525Published
1Opinion of the Court
J^FITZSIMMONS, J.
The Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) requested that the Department of State Civil Service (Civil Service) reallocate all Public Health Program Officers II to Program Managers I. Civil Service Rule 1.32 defines “reallocation” as “a change in the allocation of a position from one job to another wherein the duties of the position have undergone a change.” After a review of the positions, not all of the Public Health Program Officers II were upgraded. In Ms. Sterne’s case, her “position,” her particular “collection of duties and responsibilities,” was determined to be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bell v. Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
- Nathan v. CarterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Butler v. Charity Hosp. of New Orleans, Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Pugh v. Department of CultureLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
- Adams v. Department of Health & HospitalsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998