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DOWNS v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF POLICE, ETC.

No. 2-65835.

312 N.W.2d 563 (1981)

Debra DOWNS and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Appellees, v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF the CITY OF SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 25, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Walsh, City Atty., and Patrick J. Nugent, Asst. City Atty., for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Victoria L. Herring, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and HARRIS, ALLBEE, McGIVERIN, and LARSON, JJ.

ALLBEE, Justice.

In October 1978, Debra Downs, a black/native American female, was one of twenty-eight persons who applied for appointment as a Sioux City police officer. After passing the written examination given by the Sioux City Civil Service Commission (CSC), see § 400.8(1), The Code 1977, Downs proceeded to the physical examination stage, which is administered by the board of trustees of the Sioux City Police Retirement System (pension board),

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