Anderson v. City of Sioux Falls

MORGAN, Justice.

City of Sioux Falls (City) appeals from a judgment on an alternative writ of mandamus ordering City, Joe Cooper its mayor (Mayor), and Manfred Szameit, its finance director (Szameit), to immediately reinstate petitioner Kirk Anderson (Anderson) to the rank of battalion chief of the Sioux Falls Fire Department. We reverse.

In August of 1984, Mayor appointed a new fire chief. Pursuant to City Ordinance 30-19, the deposed fire chief, Orlan Nor-gaard, was returned to the position he previously held within the civil service, which was battalion chief. According to City, the return…