Legal Opinion
Bevel v. Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 20, 1988No. 87-1138PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Presiding Justice.
Des Moines police officer Walter Bevel was suspended for five days by the Police Chief. He appealed his suspension to the Civil Service Commission which dismissed for want of jurisdiction on the ground the appeal had not been filed within the fourteen-day period provided by Iowa Code section 400.20 (1987). The district court concluded that the Commission acted illegally by starting the appeal period the date the chief of police signed the suspension notice, rather than the date Bevel received or was charged with knowledge of the suspension. Accordingly, the district…
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