Legal Opinion
Tornow v. Sioux Falls Civil Service Board
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 27, 2013No. 26352PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] R. Shawn Tornow worked for the City of Sioux Falls as an Assistant City Attorney. On August 27, 2010, he was terminated for violating various subsections of Sioux Falls City Ordinance 30-46. Tornow appealed the termination, and applied for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel discovery of certain documents including personnel records of other city employees. Ultimately, the trial court denied the writ of mandamus because Tor-now did not prove the existence of a clear legal duty to act. Tornow appeals, arguing that (1) the trial judge did not have jurisdiction to…
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