Acker v. Board of Fire Commissioners

Petitioner’s removal as a volunteer fireman by the respondent Board of Fire Commissioners was based on findings of the board that he was guilty of gross misconduct prejudicial to the best interests of the Kings Park Fire Department and District and of specific charges which inter alia were: (1) although he was host to two persons in the fire house in the early hours of the morning of May 7, 1964, he failed to enter their names and his own name in the guest book, as required, and (2) he permitted his guests, who were a man and an intoxicated woman, to engage in immoral acts in the fire house.

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