STATE EX REL. WARZYNIAK v. GRENCHIK

No. 3-676A157.

379 N.E.2d 997 (1978)

STATE of Indiana On Relation of Raymond Warzyniak, Robert Gacsko, Heppy Michna, Frank Kobli, Richard Hora, and George Golub, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. Joseph B. GRENCHIK, Gerald Haluska, Paul Sinal, George Zahorsky, and City of Whiting, Indiana, Appellees (Defendants below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hilbert L. Bradley, Gary, for appellants.

C. Jerome Smith, Hammond, Gerald Haluska, Whiting, for appellees.


STATON, Judge.

Upon the installation of the new Mayor, the City of Whiting's Police Department was reorganized. Police officers in positions ranging from Chief to Sergeant were demoted to the rank of Patrolman, with commensurate reductions in salary. The trial court denied their request for relief. We hold that a municipal ordinance provided each policeman with a legitimate claim of entitlement to continued employment in his particular position. Because the City of...

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