SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 73202-7.

92 P.3d 243 (2004)

151 Wash.2d 823

SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS GUILD, a Washington nonprofit corporation; Sam Hurst, James P. Scott, Baron Bakiano, Lee Lamb, and William Moran, Plaintiffs, Dennis P. Ramm, Tim D. Greeley, and Keith Swank, Petitioners, 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.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Michael Taylor, Lake Forest Park, Jason Harold Grover, Bellevue, for petitioners.

Paul Andrew Olsen, Atty. Gen., of WA/UW Division, Frederick E. Wollett, Seattle, for respondents.


BRIDGE, J.

In Seattle Police Officers Guild v. City of Seattle, 113 Wn.App. 431, 439, 53 P.3d 1036 (2002), the Court of Appeals held that the city of Seattle's (City) practice of certifying five police officers with the highest civil service exam scores for promotional opportunities substantially accomplishes the purpose of chapter 41.12 RCW to provide for promotions on the basis of merit...

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