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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA 98-C-1587 LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY VERSUS HERBERT SUMRALL, DIRECTOR OF CIVIL SERVICE; THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE; THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION; RICHARD IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF LOUISIANA; EARL KOLB, AND CAROLYN DANCE ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE Kimball, J.*
We granted certiorari in this case to review the court of appeal decision holding that the rules promulgated by the Civil Service Commission which afford a classified employee the right to an administrative appeal to the Commission on claims of discrimination, on grounds other than the four specifically listed in Louisiana Constitution Article X, Section 8(B), are a constitutional exercise of the Commission's rulemaking authority under Article X, Section 10 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. Because we hold that the Commission's rules are unconstitutional, we reverse the lower court decisions. Background and Procedural History Article X of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 establishes the State Civil Service and governs the State Civil Service Commission ("the Commission"). The portions of Article X at issue in the instant case are those sections dealing with the Commission's quasi-judicial powers and those regarding the rulemaking powers of the Commission. Article X,

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