Amundsen v. City of Minneapolis

Pee Cueiam.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendants and from an order denying plaintiffs motion for a new trial. We affirm.

The only issue is whether the civil service examination administered to plaintiff for the position of supervisor of fleet and safety services for the city of Minneapolis fairly tested his relative fitness for the job.

Plaintiff worked for many years for the city of Minneapolis as a construction equipment operator. In 1965, the superintendent of equipment selected plaintiff to work with problems of equipment failure and breakdowns. In this capacity he was to inspect…