Eveland v. City of St. Louis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ROBERT EVELAND, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 4:22 CV 1068 CDP ) CITY OF ST. LOUIS, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs are seventeen City of St. Louis firefighters who claim that the City wrongfully prevented Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson from promoting them to Battalion Chief or Fire Captain. Their complaint alleges a violation of their due process rights and breach of contract, relying, in part, on a 2017 settlement agreement between the City and an organization representing Black…