Fox v. City of Huntsville

MURDOCK, Justice.

Dan Fox, Ken Guffey, Paul Jones, Phil Kramer, Charlie Lifer, Randy Mearse, Coleman Sanders, Floyd Smith, and Danny Vaughn, police officers for the City of Huntsville Police Department (“the officers”), appeal from a denial of their petition for a common-law writ of certiorari filed against the City of Huntsville (“the City”) in a payroll dispute. We reverse.

I. Facts and Procedural PListmy

At the time of the events in question, the officers were patrol-car police officers. Beginning around January or February 2002, the officers were regularly assigned traffic-patrol duties,…