Adkins v. North Platte Civil Service Commission

This is an appeal from orders of the civil service commission of the city of North Platte, Nebraska, discharging the plaintiffs from the police force. On appeal, the District Court for Lincoln County, Nebraska, found that the discharge in each case was made in good faith for cause, was not arbitrary or capricious, and was not motivated by political reasons, and affirmed the orders of discharge. The plaintiffs have appealed and the cases have been consolidated in this court.

*501Shortly before midnight on May 28, 1978, the plaintiffs, Webster and Adkins, along with several other North Platte police…