FIREFIGHTERS v. BELLINGHAM

No. 3371-1.

15 Wn. App. 662 (1976)

551 P.2d 142

BELLINGHAM FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 106, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

June 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Vertrees & Boyce and John C. Vertrees, for appellants.

Asmundson, Rhea & Atwood, T.B. Asmundson, and Patrick L. Brock, City Attorney, for respondents.


SODERLAND, J.*

Appellant Delbert Sturgis and respondent John D. Langford were the only two people who took the promotional examination for the position of Fire Marshal of the City of Bellingham in July of 1973. Appellant Sturgis placed first in the examination. Respondent Langford was appointed to the position. Appellants brought suit contending that the appointment was illegal and that the city charter provision under which the appointment...

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