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ARMSTRONG v. DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

959 S.W.2d 595 (1997)

Joe E. ARMSTRONG, Petitioner/Appellee, v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Commissioner Fred Tucker in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Veteran Affairs, Tennessee Civil Service Commission and Eleanor E. Yoakum, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Tennessee Civil Service Commissioner, Respondents/Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied January 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Olson, Olson & Olson, PLC, Clarksville, for Petitioner/Appellee.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, James C. Floyd, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for Respondents/Appellants.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 5, 1998.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

The question in this case is whether a state employee protected by civil service has a right to be heard before being reclassified to the unprotected executive service. The Chancery Court of Davidson County held that the employee had a right to grieve the reclassification. We affirm.

I.

The appellee, Joe E. Armstrong, was initially hired...

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