Devine v. City of Des Moines

McGIVERIN, Justice..

Plaintiffs Wilbur Devine and Karl Schilling appeal from summary judgment for defendant City of Des Moines (City) in an action brought to compel arbitration under a collective bargaining agreement on the matter of plaintiffs’ discharges from city employment and to compel veteran's preference hearings pursuant to Iowa Code section 70.6 (1983). We affirm.

On appeal, plaintiffs contend (1) that the district court should have ordered the City to proceed to arbitration of their discharges, and (2) that, because the Des Moines civil service commission lost jurisdiction over their…