Larry Davis v. Kris Ockomon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “both the amount and type of discretion authorized are relevant”
• stating that “[t]he starting point of our inquiry should be the ordinances, and not the job description, because [ujnlike job descriptions, which may bear little resemblance to a position’s actual duties, the ordinance’s terms are not open to contest”
• “[W]e focus our attention on the City ordinances in effect at the time of Davis’s termination, which define by law the duties of [a city official].”
• “The starting point of our inquiry should be the ordinances, and not the job description, because ‘[ujnlike job descriptions, which may bear little resemblance to a position’s actual duties, the ordinance’s terms are not open to contest.’ ”
• “The starting point of our inquiry should be the ordinances, and not the job description, because ‘[u]nlike job descriptions, which may bear little resemblance to a position’s actual duties, the ordinance’s terms are not open to contest.’”
• senior humane officer for city board of public safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).