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THOMPSON v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 95-1833.

564 N.W.2d 839 (1997)

Jerry D. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, John Pat Dorrian, George Flagg, Preston Daniels, Tom Vlassis, Mike McPherson, Jack Porter, and Archie Brooks, Individually and as City Council Members, and Cy Carney, Individually and as City Manager, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent R. Appel and Kimberley K. Baer of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas W. Foley and Thomas M. Zurek of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee City of Des Moines.

Thomas D. Hanson of Hanson, Bjork & Russell, Des Moines, for appellees John Pat Dorrian, Tom Vlassis, Jack Porter, and Archie Brooks.

David A. Tank of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Preston Daniels.

Charles E. Gribble of Roehrick, Hulting, Blumberg, Kirlin & Krull, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee George Flagg.

D. William Thomas of Duffy, Spellman, Ryan, Thomas & Clark, Des Moines, for appellee Mike McPherson.

Randolph Duncan of Duncan, Green, Brown, Langeness & Eckley, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Cy Carney.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.

NEUMAN, Justice.

When the City of Des Moines reorganized its management structure in 1993, plaintiff Jerry Thompson lost the job of employment relations director that he had held for eighteen years. Claiming the reorganization was a mere sham to circumvent his contractual rights, Thompson sued the city and its mayor, manager, and council members on theories of breach of contract, tortious interference with contractual relationship, conspiracy, and violation of due...

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