198 W. Va. 694 - Roach v. Regional Jail Authority’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · 194 W. Va. 52 - Williams v. Precision Coil, Inc. · 162 W. Va. 116 - Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 195 W. Va. 297 - Martin v. Randolph County Board of Education
Most-quoted passages
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“Seriously wrongful conduct by a civil service employee can lead to dismissal even if it is not a technical violation of any statute. The test is not whether the conduct breaks a specific law, but rather whether it is potentially damaging to the rights and interests of the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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