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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 99-C-2061 IRAY LEDOUX VERSUS CITY OF BATON ROUGE/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, ET AL.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE
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MARCUS,JUSTICE

Iray Ledoux was appointed by the City/Parish Council for the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge (city/parish) to the position of Director of Aviation for the Greater Baton Rouge Airport District (airport district) on May 1, 1977. He was employed in this position until his retirement, Prior to August 1, 1985, the airport

effective April 28, 1995.

district followed an unwritten policy of the city/parish which allowed exempt unclassified (supervisory) employees like Mr. Ledoux to accumulate unlimited compensatory time at the rate of one-and-ahalf hours for every hour worked in excess of forty hours per calendar week. This accrued time could be taken either as leave

during employment or prior to retirement, or as payment upon retirement. Mr. Ledoux alleged that during his employment between

1977 and 1985, he accumulated 2,128 hours of compensatory time. On July 29, 1985, Mr. Ledoux and other department heads and appointing of authorities Personnel of received the a memorandum setting from out the the

Department

city/parish

compensatory leave policy that would be followed after August 1,

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Traylor, J., not on panel.

Rule IV, Part 2,

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