City of Memphis v. Beverly Prye
Syllabus
This appeal involves an employment termination case in which an employee of the City of Memphis witnessed the signing of a will, but after the decedent's death, the probate court determined that the will submitted to probate did not bear the genuine signature of the decedent. Following an administrative appeal, the Civil Service Commission for the City of Memphis unanimously affirmed the decision of termination. The employee filed a petition for judicial review with the chancery court. The chancery court reversed the termination of the employee finding that the Civil Service Commission's decision to sustain her termination was arbitrary and capricious. The chancery court reinstated the employee with full backpay and benefits. The City of Memphis appeals. We affirm.
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- noting that, if made, Lanigan challenge to expert evidence at summary judgment \might have succeeded . . . because [the expert evidence] largely failed to satisfy the requirements of\ rule 56 [e]
- “summary judgment cannot be granted if the evidence properly before the motion judge reveals a genuine issue of disputed material fact”
- “[SJummary judgment cannot be granted if the evidence properly before the motion judge reveals a genuine issue of disputed material fact”
- “[c]ourts have long and consistently accorded substantial deference to a reasonable interpretation of a statute by the administrative agency charged with its administration and enforcement”
- courts should avoid an “unreasonable result when statutory language is susceptible of a sensible, workable construction”
- applying a harmless error analysis to a regulatory violation
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Judges: Judge Carma Dennis McGee
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