Kennedy v. Civil Service Commission of the Council Bluffs

CARTER, Justice.

The Civil Service Commission of the City of Council Bluffs (the commission) appeals from an order of the district court canceling the hearings that the commission had set concerning appeals by city employees, Joseph A. Venditte and Robert S. Kennedy, who had been disciplined by the appointing authority of the city. In conjunction with canceling the hearings, the district court also set aside the discipline that had been imposed in each case based on its belief that there had been an undue delay in the statutory appeal process. These proceedings in the district court followed a…