LONGLEY v. STATE EMP. APPEALS BD.


392 A.2d 529 (1978)

The Honorable James B. LONGLEY, Governor of the State of Maine v. STATE EMPLOYEES APPEALS BOARD and Herbert S. Sperry.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Kirk Studstrup (orally), Allan A. Toubman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Locke, Campbell & Chapman by Harry N. Starbranch (orally), Augusta, for Herbert S. Sperry.

Morton A. Brody, Waterville, for State Employees Appeals Bd.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD and GODFREY, JJ.


ARCHIBALD, Justice.

In early 1975, at the beginning of his administration, Governor James B. Longley informed Herbert S. Sperry that he would not be reappointed to the position of Director of the Maine Division of Economic Opportunity, to which Mr. Sperry had been appointed in 1967 by the former Governor. Mr. Sperry was granted two weeks separation compensation, in accord with the policy for all unretained personnel. Mr. Sperry appealed the Governor's action to the...

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