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VAN BAALE v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 94-1282.

550 N.W.2d 153 (1996)

Thomas Simms VAN BAALE, Appellant, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, William Moulder, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Des Moines, and Kayne Robinson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Assistant Chief of Police of the City of Des Moines, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo Parrish and Maggi Moss of Parrish, Kruidenier, Moss, Dunn, Montgomery & Thomas, Des Moines, for appellant.

Terrence A. Hopkins and Hugh J. Cain of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, and Becky S. Knutson of Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees William Moulder and Kayne Robinson.

Bruce E. Bergman, City Solicitor, Des Moines, for appellee City of Des Moines.

Jon K. Swanson of Austin, Gaudineer, Austin, Salmons, Swanson & Hopkins, Des Moines, amicus curiae, for Iowa Communities Assurance Pool and Iowa League of Cities.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

A discharged Des Moines policeman unsuccessfully protested his dismissal through the administrative process and also through judicial review. He then brought this action seeking damages and reinstatement. We agree with the district court's dismissal of the action.

Thomas Van Baale was a seventeen-year veteran of the Des Moines police department. His service record appears to have been exemplary, but his career disintegrated after his former...

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