Hilyer v. Blackwell

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining the ruling of the State Personnel Board upon review of that ruling by common-law certiorari in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County.

This matter arose when the Director of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Alabama dismissed a trooper from the service of the State for violating a general procedure order. The trooper appealed the dismissal to the State Personnel Board under the authority of § 36-26-27 (a), Code of Alabama (1975). The Board set aside the dismissal as being too harsh punishment and ordered the trooper reinstated but with…