Brightman v. Civil Serv. Com'n of City of Des Moines

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs are 33 detectives on the Des Moines police force who appealed to the *614Civil Service Commission, herein called “commission,” of the city from what they claimed was an illegal demotion by the city. The commission by action of two of its three members sustained the city council’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ appeal on the ground it was without jurisdiction to hear it.

The district court issued a writ of certi-orari to determine whether the commission’s action exceeded its proper jurisdiction or it otherwise acted illegally. (See Rule 306, Rules of Civil…