State Ex Rel. Slusher v. City of Leavenworth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

This is an action in mandamus to compel application of the statutory veterans’ preference in the promotions of William Slusher from sergeant to lieutenant and Ralph Sorrell from police officer to sergeant with the City of Leavenworth, Kansas, Police Department (LPD). Slusher and,Sorrell filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the district court alleging that each was denied promotion by LPD in violation of K.S.A. 73-201, a veterans’ preference statute, and seeking an order compelling LPD to promote them to the positions they applied…