City of Terre Haute v. Brown

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

NEAL, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, City of Terre Haute (City), appeals an adverse judgment entered in the Clay Circuit Court in favor of plaintiffs-appellees, Walter Ray Brown, Arthur E. Seeling, Richard E. Leidinger, Michael Dwyer, and Jack L. Pruett, all firemen of the City of Terre Haute (Firemen).

We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND ISSUE

On January 1, 1980, the Firemen were reduced in grade without notice of charges or hearing. They filed their suit on January 25, 1984, for back pay and injunction. The sole issue is whether the Firemen's «claim was barred by the two…