McNeal v. Civil Serv. Comm.

In, February of 1962 the ■appellaiit, d civil service employee in' the Little Rock health department, was arrested upon a charge of operating a gambling house. Rule 2Í of the Little Rock Civil Service Commission provides that a city employee may be discharged for behavior unbecoming to a gentleman .or of, such a nature as to bring disgrace or disrepute upon a municipal department or any of its members. Before the criminal case was tried the city’s public health director instituted this proceeding against McNeal, under the civil service law. After a hearing the civil service commission ordered…