McCormick v. Edwards

E. GORDON WEST, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, R. C. McCormick, was employed by the State of Louisiana as District Director for the Capital District Law Enforcement Planning Council, which is a part of a federally funded program. His immediate superior was the defendant, Col. Wingate M. White, Executive Director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice. Col. White had the exclusive authority to hire and fire persons to hold or holding the position occupied by the plaintiff, but as the evidence clearly showed, as a practical matter, the hiring and/or firing…