PATCH v. CIV. SERV. COM'N OF CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 64265.

295 N.W.2d 460 (1980)

Dale PATCH, Marvin Robinson, and Wayne Lunders, as individuals; and Dale Patch, Marvin Robinson and Wayne Lunders, representing the class of all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF the CITY OF DES MOINES, and the City of Des Moines, Appellants, Personnel Decisions, Inc., Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl W. Roberts, City Sol., Des Moines, for appellants Commission and City.

Richard J. Keenan of Thompson, Nielsen, Klaverkamp & James, P. A., Minneapolis, Minn. and Roger L. Ferris of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, Des Moines, for intervenor-appellant.

Arthur C. Hedberg, Jr., and Phillip C. Vonderhaar, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, ALLBEE, and McGIVERIN, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Justice.

This appeal involves a determination of the propriety of injunctive relief awarded against defendants Civil Service Commission of the City of Des Moines (Commission) and the City of Des Moines. The district court permanently enjoined these defendants from selecting police sergeants on the basis of a written examination administered on December 12, 1978. The plaintiffs, Dale Patch, Marvin Robinson, and...

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