Downs v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF POLICE, ETC.

ALLBEE, Justice.

In October 1978, Debra Downs, a black/native American female, was one of twenty-eight persons who applied for appointment as a Sioux City police officer. After passing the written examination given by the Sioux City Civil Service Commission (CSC), see § 400.8(1), The Code 1977, Downs proceeded to the physical examination stage, which is administered by the board of trustees of the Sioux City Police Retirement System (pension board), see id. Although Downs passed the required back x-ray and the physical agility test, the pension board doctor who examined Downs recommended that…