CIVIL SERVICE COM'N v. CITY OF KELSO

No. 66212-6.

969 P.2d 474 (1999)

137 Wash.2d 166

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF the CITY OF KELSO, Washington, Respondent, v. CITY OF KELSO, Respondent, Darrell Stair and Kelso Police Benefit Association, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaime B. Goldberg, Portland, for Petitioners.

Law, Lyman, Daniel, Kamerrer & Bogdanovich, Guy Bogdanovich, Olympia, C. Leroy Borders, Kelso City Atty, Kelso, for Respondents.


DURHAM, C.J.

Officer Darrell Stair and the Kelso Police Benefit Association challenge a Court of Appeals decision affirming Stair's 10-day disciplinary suspension from the Kelso Police Department. At issue is whether a Civil Service Commission decision upholding the suspension bars Stair from challenging the suspension in arbitration under his collective bargaining agreement. We reverse the Court of Appeals and hold that...

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