Board of Regents v. Hopkins

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking to reverse the Order of the Career Service Commission which “amended” the University of Florida’s action in firing an employee who was caught stealing University property.

The “amended order” almost amounted to making a nullity of the University of Florida’s Order of dismissal of the employee.

The opening statement of the case as contained at page v of the Brief of the Career Service Commission gives us about the whole picture as it existed, and we will not attempt to improve thereon:

“The University of Florida discharged the…