Drouillard v. City of Roseville

Plaintiffs, members of the Roseville police force took a promotional examination for the position of sergeant in the department. They failed to pass the examination and brought suit to determine that the examination as given was illegal as not conforming to the requirements of the civil service act * and asked that promotions based on that examination be permanently enjoined.

The plaintiffs assert the examination was faulty in the following particulars :(1) The notice required by the act was not given.(2) The accommodations for the examination were not suitable as required by the act.(3) The…