· 1/24/1952
Ellison v. Norman
Citations
- 256 Ala. 610
- 56 So. 2d 654
- 1952 Ala. LEXIS 23
How courts have described this case
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- “[T]he Superintendent of Police, as the appointing authority, has no mandatory duty to promote; he enjoys ‘much’ discretion in choosing employees properly certified as eligible; and promotions do not take place automatically or as a matter of right.”
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Judges: Simpson, Livingston, Foster, Goodwyn
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