City of Evansville v. Conley

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge.

This case represents the consolidation of two related appeals. Two groups of firemen sued the City of Evansville (“city”) for an alleged improper demotion based upon political affiliation; one group of firemen won the litigation and one group lost. Thus, the first appeal is the city’s appeal of the judgment in favor of the Appellee-Plaintiff firemen (“ap-pellees”). The second appeal is the Appellant-Plaintiff firemen (“appellants”), who appeal the judgment in favor of the city. We affirm.

Because both eases rely on the same underlying facts and the same record, we…