Hall v. Iowa Merit Employment Commission

McGIVERIN, Justice.

The Iowa Merit Employment Commission (commission) appeals from a decision of the district court which reversed a commission ruling. The commission’s ruling had affirmed the action of the Department of Human Services (DHS) in demoting and transferring its employee, petitioner Betty Hall, after her entry of a guilty plea to a criminal charge of mechanical and electronic eavesdropping, three months after she had been suspended for misuse and abuse of state telephones in connection with the same incident. The district court on judicial review reversed and ordered Hall…