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SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD v. CITY OF SEATTLE

Nos. 48499-1-I, 49299-3-I.

53 P.3d 1036 (2002)

113 Wash.App. 431

SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Respondent, Dennis P. Ramm, Tim D. Greeley, and Keith Swank, Appellants, v. The CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal corporation, City of Seattle Public Safety Civil Service Commission and Norm Stamper, Chief of Police of Seattle Police Department, Respondents. Dennis L. Hossfeld, Appellant, v. The City of Seattle, a municipal corporation, City of Seattle Public Safety Civil Service Commission and Norm Stamper, Chief of Police of Seattle Police Department, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Harold Grover, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant Hossfeld.

Paul Andrew Olsen, Seattle City Attorneys Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

William Michael Taylor, Seattle, WA for Appellant Ramm.

APPELWICK, J.

Appellants, police officers who were passed up for promotion by candidates who scored lower on the civil service exam, argue that Seattle's Public Safety Civil Service system grants too much discretion to the Chief of Police in the promotional process. The Supreme Court has held that some degree of discretion in the appointing authority, specifically allowing the Chief of Police to choose from the top three candidates, substantially complies with state...

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