Legal Opinion
Meads v. Iowa Department of Social Services
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 17, 1985No. 84-333PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLE, Justice.
Iowa Code chapter 19A, entitled “State merit system of personnel administration,” provides generally that appointments and promotions of state employees designated in the statute shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness. The Iowa Merit Employment Commission (commission) promulgates rules to accomplish that laudatory purpose, hears and decides appeals concerning state employees who are dissatisfied with personnel decisions, and generally represents the public in the improvement of personnel administration. See Iowa Code § 19A.7 (1983).
The petitioner Grace Meads, an…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Public Employment Relations Board v. StohrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Taylor v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Casteel v. Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle DivisionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
- Iowa Federation of Labor v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
- Hollinrake v. Iowa Law Enforcement AcademySupreme Court of Iowa · 1990
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