Legal Opinion
Virden v. Roper
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 23, 1990No. 89-263PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
Appellants-defendants are members of the Pine Bluff Civil Service Commission and the Chief of the Pine Bluff Police Department. Appellee-plaintiff Dois Roper is a captain in the Pine Bluff Police Department. Appellants have been sued as individuals and in their official capacities. They bring this interlocutory appeal only as individuals.
In 1985 the Commission conducted an examination for the position of assistant chief of police. Dois Roper, four lieutenants and another captain took the examination. Lt. Robert G. Brown emerged as the successful applicant.
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