Leanord v. Board of Directors

The board of Jackson County Rural Fire District No. 3 (district) appeals from the judgment in this mandamus action ordering it to reinstate petitioner to his position as a firefighter and to pay back wages and benefits.1

This is the second action which we have reviewed arising out of district’s firing of petitioner. In the first, Leanord v. Jackson Co. Rural Fire Dist. No. 3, 71 Or App 249, 692 P2d 141 (1984), we said:

“Petitioner was a firefighter for Jackson County Rural Fire District No. 3. In February, 1983, the fire chief of the district, after determining that petitioner had supplied…