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DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASS'N v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR YAKIMA COUNTY

No. 46019.

92 Wn.2d 831 (1979)

601 P.2d 936

YAKIMA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, Respondent, v. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR YAKIMA COUNTY, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, for appellant.

David A. Thorner, Craig L. Smith, and Thorner, Kennedy & Gano, P.S., for respondent.

Maureen J. Dightman on behalf of Association of Washington Cities and Robert E. Beaty on behalf of Washington Association of Counties, amici curiae.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Richard A. Heath and James K. Pharris, Assistants.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

This case concerns the applicability of certain provisions of the Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Act (PECBA), RCW 41.56, to Yakima County deputy sheriffs. Some background is necessary to put the precise issue in context.

PECBA was enacted in 1967, as then-Governor Evans explained when executing a partial veto,

to promote the continued improvement of the relationship between public...

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