LOCAL UNION 238 v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N

No. 89-119.

449 N.W.2d 374 (1989)

CHAUFFEURS, TEAMSTERS AND HELPERS LOCAL UNION NO. 238 and Robert Torgerson, Appellants, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION FOR the CITY OF MUSCATINE, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil A. Barrick, Des Moines, for appellants.

Harvey G. Allbee, Jr., Muscatine, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

The plaintiffs, a labor union and Robert Torgerson, a police officer in the City of Muscatine, appeal from an order of the district court upholding the examination procedure of the civil service commission in the City of Muscatine. Their complaint is that, under Iowa Code section 400.13 (1987), Torgerson was improperly denied an opportunity to take a written examination for the position of police chief. We affirm.

The facts were stipulated...

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