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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA

SPECIAL TERM, 2012

1111273

City of Gadsden
v.
John Boman
Appeal from Etowah Circuit Court
(CV-09-669)

WOODALL, Justice.

The City of Gadsden ("Gadsden") appeals from an order of
injunctive relief in favor of John Boman, a retired Gadsden
police officer. We reverse the judgment and remand this cause
with directions.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

According to the undisputed facts underlying this appeal,
John Boman worked as a Gadsden police officer from 1965 until
he retired in 1991.  At the time of his retirement, police
officers were operating under provisions of the "City of
Gadsden Employee Handbook: Police Department (ed. 1989-1992)"
("the handbook"). In

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