City of Des Moines v. Civil Service Commission of Des Moines

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff City of Des Moines filed this certiorari action in district court, asserting the defendant Civil Service Commission (commission) was proceeding illegally in that it had no subject matter jurisdiction to consider the suspensions and terminations of two city employees, intervenors Wilbur Devine and Karl Schilling. Trial court annulled the writ it had issued, and the city appealed. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Devine and Schilling were employed by the city as human rights specialists for the Human Rights Commission (HRC). October 2, 1981,…