Legal Opinion
Van Baale v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 19, 1996No. 94-1282PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
A discharged Des Moines policeman unsuccessfully protested his dismissal through the administrative process and also through judicial review. He then brought this action seeking damages and reinstatement. We agree with the district court’s dismissal of the action.
Thomas Van Baale was a seventeen-year veteran of the Des Moines police department. His service record appears to have been exemplary, but his career disintegrated after his former wife filed a domestic abuse complaint against him. See Iowa Code § 236.3 (1993). Van Baale did not meekly submit to arrest, and was also…
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