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TAFOYA v. NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE BOARD

No. 8959.

472 P.2d 973 (1970)

81 N.M. 710

Ernest A. TAFOYA, Relator-Appellant, v. THE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE BOARD and Edward J. Apodaca, Edwin L. Mechem, I.D. Worrell, Pilar Sachs and John J. Coury, and Colonel Joseph A. Black, Chief of New Mexico State Police Department, and Edward M. Hartman, Director of the Department of Finance & Administration, Respondents-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 3, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Standley, Witt & Quinn, Santa Fe, for relator-appellant.

James A. Maloney, Atty. Gen., Joyce Blalock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for respondents-appellees.

OPINION

McKENNA, Justice.

The appellant Ernest A. Tafoya became a patrolman for the New Mexico State Police on August 11, 1941. With the exception of some military leave, he served continuously with the State Police until he was terminated on June 30, 1968. At that time he was a Captain.

On May 14, 1968, the Chief of the State Police sent him a letter advising that the State Police Board had directed that "you be retired from the New Mexico State...

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