Adkins v. Department of Civil Service

Respondent appeals as of right from a circuit court order requiring it to establish new guidelines and rules concerning the criteria used to classify certain Administrative Law Examiners and to test each petitioner under the revised standards.

Pursuant to the authority vested in it by Const 1963, art 11, § 5, respondent adopted a Benchmark Factor Ranking System to classify positions in the state civil service. All classified positions which required membership in the State Bar of Michigan were placed in the legal services group. All positions in the legal services group which involved an…