CODAY v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MO.

No. 90-1798.

939 F.2d 666 (1991)

Jerry CODAY, Merrell Coffman, Ray E. Fite, Ted Hobson, George Larbey, Richard Stokes, Charles Upp, Richard Weter, Appellees, v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, a municipal corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1991.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Buss, Springfield, Mo., for appellant.

Richard Crites, Springfield, Mo., for appellees.

Before BOWMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS, Senior District Judge.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

The City of Springfield, Missouri, passed an ordinance changing the job titles and prospectively affecting the pay grades of detectives employed in its police department. Appellees brought this lawsuit claiming that they were being deprived of a property interest in their jobs without due process of law. The district court granted their motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

On February 15, 1988, the Springfield...

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