Daniel v. Board of County Commissioners

These consolidated appeals stem from a dispute between the Sheriff of Josephine County (plaintiff) and the county commissioners (defendants) over which party has the authority to promote individual sheriffs deputies.1 In the first case (A131487), defendants appeal a judgment declaring that, although defendants have the authority to set the maximum number of deputies in the sheriffs department and the department’s budget, plaintiff has “the legal right to control promotion/reclassification decisions.” In the second case (A131473), defendants appeal a judgment nullifying county legislation…