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Chancery Court of Montgomery County upholds Burkhart termination

November 24, 2009 | Print This Post

 

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Jeff Burkhart

In a ruling issued yesterday, The Chancery Court for Montgomery County affirmed the unanimous decision of the appeals panel conducted by the city of Clarksville, TN regarding CFD Assistant Chief Jeff Burkhart’s May 3rd 2007 termination by Mayor Johnny Piper, when he refused a transfer to a job in a another city department for which he felt he was unqualified for.

Holding that “a reasonable mind might accept as adequate ” that his transfer was not a demotion and that a reasonable mind would also accept that in refusing the Mayor’s request he committed insubordination. «Read the rest of this article»

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