State Ex Rel. Lupo v. City of Wentzville

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Thomas Lupo petitioned the Circuit Court of St. Charles County for a Writ of Mandamus to compel the City of Wentzville through its mayor and aldermen to give him a “hearing” pursuant to § 590.500 RSMo (Cum. Supp.1993) after the City terminated him as a police officer. He appeals the circuit court’s judgment in favor of Wentzville. We affirm.

In this court-tried case, we defer to the trial court’s implicit determinations of credibility, view the evidence and permissible inferences in the light most favorable to the judgment, and disregard all contrary evidence and…