City of Miami v. Rezeau

The City of Miami, its Chief of Police and the City Manager and Director of Public Safety, have appealed, seeking review of a judgment awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus.

The appellee’s petition for alternative writ of mandamus alleged that he was the number one man on the eligible'register for promotion to Detective Lieutenant in the Detective Bureau of the Police Division of the City of Miami; that an actual vacancy exists in the rank of Detective Lieutenant to which rank he is entitled to promotion by virtue of his satisfactory completion of the competitive examination. He further…