Hensley v. COOLEY’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
August 1993
most recently cited
4 state decisions
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“We feel an interpretation of the ‘Merit Law’ and the Pension ... Statute ... must give consideration to the legislative objective. It is our judgment and opinion that the Pension ... Law is applicable only to the permanent and regular appointees of the ... Fire Department and not to the probationary members until they have acquired regular status and have met the full one year probationary requirement. It is obvious to us that some physical disabilities and physical incapacities which an appointee has prior to probationary appointment may not reveal themselves until after an appointment on probation, and it would be obviously unjust and unfair to place upon the taxpaying unit the burden of paying a disability to such a probationer for an incapacity that existed prior to appointment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In 1963 the citizens of the City of Muncie elected to adopt a so-called ‘Merit Law.’ The main purpose of this act was to take the appointment and discharge of ... firemen from the Board of Public Works and Safety where the tenure was uncertain for political reasons. In its place a ‘Merit Commission’ was provided for in the new optional law. One of the main innovations of the ‘Merit Law’ was that the new ... firemen were hired for a probationary period and their performance was subject to scrutiny by the commission for a full year before they became regular ... firemen. The reasons for this probationary period are quite obvious. The Merit Commission appears to have been given broad powers in its supervision of ... firemen during the probationary period of one year.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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