Burkhart v. Moore

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether a classified civil service position was abolished in good faith.

On September 2, 1977, plaintiff, Jerry E. Moore, filed suit seeking a writ of mandamus directing the defendants, Bob G. Burk-hart, Garland Firemen’s and Policemen’s Civil Service Commission, and the City of Garland, to appoint and certify him to the position and pay of a “Battalion Chief” in the City of Garland Fire Department. The defendants answered that the City Council of the City of Garland on September 6, 1977, enacted Ordinance No. 2855 which abolished the position…