State Ex Rel. Dolan v. Civil Service Bur. of St. Paul

Appeal from an order of the district court quashing a writ of certiorari issued to review the action of the Civil Service Bureau of the city of St. Paul which denied a veterans’ preference credit to appellant after a promotional examination for the position of police lieutenant. The issue is whether the court gave unlawful retroactive effect to Minn. St. 197.45, subd. 3, effective May 28, 1967, which limits a veterans’ preference 5-point credit to only one promotion based on a promotional examination given by a governmental agency having an established civil service or merit system.

The facts…