Coday v. City Of Springfield

939 F.2d 666

Jerry CODAY, Merrell Coffman, Ray E. Fite, Ted Hobson,

George Larbey, Richard Stokes, Charles Upp,

Richard Weter, Appellees,

v.

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, a municipal corporation, Appellant.

No. 90-1798.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit.

Submitted Nov. 15, 1990.

Decided July 31, 1991.

Rehearing Denied Sept. 20, 1991.

Dennis Buss, Springfield, Mo., for appellant.

Richard Crites, Springfield, Mo., for appellees.

Before BOWMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS,* Senior District Judge.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

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The City of Springfield, Missouri, passed an ordinance changing the job…