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BRYAN v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 59861.

261 N.W.2d 685 (1978)

Garey BRYAN, Ed Harlan, Gerald Learning, Louis Brundage, William Fitzgerald, Nile Heathershaw, and Ernest Weatherington, Appellants, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Civil Service Commission, and Harry Holmes, Marsh Houston and Ralph Costanzo, Civil Service Commissioners, in their official capacities only, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Levis and Lawrence F. Scalise, of Scalise, Scism, Gentry, Brick & Brick, Des Moines, for appellant.

Eugene E. Olson, Des Moines, for appellee.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REES, REYNOLDSON and McCORMICK, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal involves a challenge by seven Des Moines police officers to educational requirements for promotion. In 1969 the Des Moines city council passed a resolution modifying job specifications by requiring one year of college for eligibility for promotion to police sergeant, lieutenant, and captain after January 1, 1974. Two years of college were to be required for promotion to captain after January 1, 1977. Plaintiffs brought this action in...

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