Lambert v. Multnomah County Civil Service Commission

The plaintiff, Francis Lambert, Sheriff of Multnomah county, on November 4, 1959, made an order assigning Gordon 0. Auborn, a deputy sheriff and captain in the sheriff’s office, “to the supervision of the criminal division of the Sheriff’s department of Multnomah County.” On January 14, 1960, the defendant Civil Service Commission for Multnomah County, after a hearing, entered an order “that the Sheriff of Multnomah County immediately return Captain Gordon 0. Auborn to his proper classification as Captain in the Uniform Division.”

On February 5, 1960, the plaintiff filed in the circuit court…