State Ex Rel. West v. City of Seattle

This is an appeal by the city of Seattle and its Civil Service Commission from the judgment and decree of the superior court in a proceeding instituted by respondent, an employee in the classified civil service, who was discharged effective as of January 4, 1955, from her position as Clerk II in the lighting department, to obtain a court review of the validity of her removal from the city’s pm piny. The trial court ordered respondent’s reinstatement to her position.

This controversy has been in litigation for more than 8 years. The responsibility for this unreasonable delay is a matter of…