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DARLING v. KANSAS WATER OFFICE

No. 62,249

245 Kan. 45 (1989)

774 P.2d 941

DAVID DARLING, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. KANSAS WATER OFFICE, Appellant/Cross-Appellees, and DAVID DARLING, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. JOSEPH F. HARKINS, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed May 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Plinsky, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, was with him on the briefs for appellants/cross-appellees.

Patricia E. Riley, of Weathers & Riley, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Wesley A. Weathers, of the same firm, was with her on the briefs for appellees/cross-appellants.

Linda J. Fund, staff attorney, was on the brief amicus curiae for the Kansas Department of Administration.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McFARLAND, J.:

Plaintiffs herein were classified employees of the Kansas Water Office (KWO). In 1984, the Kansas Legislature enacted Senate Bill No. 501 (L. 1984, ch. 285), which changed plaintiffs' jobs from being in the classified service of the Kansas Civil Service Act, K.S.A. 75-2925 et seq., to being unclassified and directed their termination. Plaintiffs were terminated and appealed their terminations...

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