Atkins v. City of Knoxville

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, employees of the Knoxville Police Department, appealed the chancellor’s dismissal of their suits, instituted to recover compensation for duties assigned by their employer not required under their civil service classification.

The chancellor filed a memorandum opinion, which we adopt in pertinent part:

Plaintiffs in these actions are uniformed officers, employees of the Knoxville Police Department. They are mostly patrolmen, the lowest rank within the department, although some are higher ranking.

For various periods of time Plaintiffs have been assigned on an…