Eastham v. City of Huntington

PER CURIAM.1

This declaratory judgment action is before the Court upon an appeal by the City of Huntington from a final order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County entered on January 22, 2007. In that order, the circuit court ruled on behalf of Appellee Jason Eastham, a City of Huntington firefighter, and Appellee Josh Coffey, a City of Huntington police officer, declaring that the City of Huntington’s residency requirement is void and unenforceable because it violates the constitutional and statutory rights of the City’s civil service employees. For the reasons that follow, we find that the…