Supreme Court of Kansas December 14, 2007, 96,414 (State Ex Rel. Slusher v. City of Leavenworth)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

This action in mandamus by William Slusher and Ralph Sorrell (relators) to compel the City of Leavenworth (City) to apply the veteran’s preference statute, K.S.A. 73-201, to promotions within the Leavenworth Police Department (LPD) returns to our court for a second time. See

State ex rel. Slusher v. City of Leavenworth,

279 Kan. 789, 112 P.