HSIEH v. CIVIL SERV. COMM'N

No. 41516.

79 Wn.2d 529 (1971)

488 P.2d 515

CHIA CHU GEORGE HSIEH et al., Appellants, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug & Tausend and Peter E. Paget, for appellants.

A.L. Newbould, John P. Harris, and James M. Taylor, for respondents.


NEILL, J.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is the validity of the provision in the Seattle City Charter and civil service rules which limits eligibility for the city's civil service examination to United States citizens. We hold that such provision as applied to these plaintiffs constitutes an invalid interference with laws of the United States in a field of federal supremacy.

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