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HIGGINBOTHAM v. BATON ROUGE

No. 462.

306 U.S. 535 (1939)

59 S.Ct. 705

83 L.Ed. 968

HIGGINBOTHAM v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul G. Borron, with whom Messrs. Edward Rightor and E.R. Schowalter were on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Fred G. Benton and H. Payne Breazeale were on a brief for the appellee.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The City of Baton Rouge, in March, 1935, pursuant to Act No. 1 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1935 of the legislature of Louisiana, adopted an ordinance declaring that the City was without authority to retain appellant, Powers Higginbotham, as Superintendent of Public Parks and Streets, and that his employment in that capacity was terminated. Contending that...

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