CITY OF FLAGSTAFF v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC.

No. 13222.

116 Ariz. 382 (1977)

569 P.2d 812

The CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, a body politic, the Personnel Board of the City of Flagstaff, Don E. Vorhies, Fire Chief of the Flagstaff Fire Department, Charles K. McClain, City Manager of the City of Flagstaff, Frank Dickenson, a member of the Personnel Board, Opal Able, a member of the Personnel Board, Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF COCONINO, the Honorable Richard K. Mangum, Judge of the Superior Court in and for the County of Coconino; and the Real Party in Interest Dennis BLEEKER, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

September 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mangum, Wall, Stoops & Warden by Robert W. Warden and Douglas J. Wall, Flagstaff, for petitioners.

Fred Belman, Tucson, for respondent Bleeker.

Beer, Kalyna & Simon by Olgerd W. Kalyna, Phoenix, brief amicus curiae for Maricopa County.

John H. Grace, Coconino County Atty., Flagstaff, brief amicus curiae for Coconino County.

Stephen D. Neely, Pima County Atty. by John C. Gabroy, Deputy County Atty., Tucson, brief amicus curiae for Pima County.


CAMERON, Chief Justice.

We accepted this petition for special action to review a decision of the Superior Court of Coconino County which held that the respondent, Dennis Bleeker, was wrongfully removed from his job as a fireman for the City of Flagstaff and that he be reinstated with pay and $3,500 in reasonable attorney's fees.

We must consider only one question on appeal and that is whether the respondent fireman was entitled, as a matter of due process...

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