Court Opinion

ID: 9516646
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 23:47:56.40174+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:37:48.227489
License: Public Domain

*347WOLLMAN, Justice
(concurring specialty)-
Much as I would like to join Chief Justice Fosheim’s dissenting opinion, I am compelled to agree with the majority opinion that the effect of the Aberdeen Civil Service Board’s decision was that appellees had not been discharged from employment for cause within the meaning of SDCL 23-3-35(3). However anomalous it may be that the Civil Service Board first. found that Chief Sauer’s removal of appellees was made in good faith for cause and then proceeded to modify the order of removal, the Board acted within the authority granted to it by local ordinance. In effect, the Board nullified Chief Sauer’s command decision and thus precluded the State Commission from utilizing that decision as a grounds for revoking appellees’ certification.