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BENNETT v. BLYTHEVILLE CIVIL SERVICE COM'N

No. 87-21.

733 S.W.2d 414 (1987)

293 Ark. 136

Tommy BENNETT, Appellant, v. BLYTHEVILLE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaplan, Brewer & Miller by Silas H. Brewer, Jr., Little Rock, for appellant.

Elbert S. Johnson, Blytheville, for appellee.

HAYS, Justice.

When a captain of the Blytheville Fire Department was promoted to the rank of chief, a vacancy was left in the Office of Captain. Lt. Tommy Bennett, appellant, and Lt. Jerry Summers applied. Both had been with the department since c. 1971, Bennett being senior to Summers by about a year.

The Blytheville Civil Service Commission explained the procedures to Lts. Bennett and Summers—they would undergo a written examination prepared by the...

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