Legal Opinion
Tumulty v. City of Minneapolis
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided May 8, 1980No. Civ. 4-78-298PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RENNER, District Judge.
This action is brought by two unsuccessful candidates for the position of City Attorney II. It is their claim that the procedures used by the City of Minneapolis Civil Service Commission to fill five vacancies in that classification violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights of due process and equal protection.
Both plaintiffs were full-time City Attorney I employees who obtained passing scores in the civil service examination for the City Attorney II vacancies, placing tenth and eleventh from the list of eleven candidates. They seek relief under 42 U.S.C. §…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. SargentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. v. United States of America, Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. v. W. H. DillahuntyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- State of Missouri Ex Rel. Minnie E. T. Gore, Jennye Robinson v. R. Dean Wochner, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Odell v. City of EaganCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
- Kaster v. IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Kaster v. State Of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Lundt v. HodgesDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1985
- Ellis v. City of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1987
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