City of Miami v. McCracken

The defendants, The City of Miami, its chief of police, city manager and secretary of the civil service board, and members of the board, appeal from a declaratory judgment relating to the promotional status of certain police officers.

Appellants challenge the correctness of the holding of the trial court that promotions of police officers Herbert Altman and Jack Speakman from police sergeant to police lieutenant, which were made in July of 1970, were improper and should be set aside. Those officers were in the top positions eligible for promotion on the two-year civil service promotional…