City of Tacoma v. Civil Service Board

In a prior opinion of this court involving the same parties hereto (Tacoma v. Civil Serv. Bd., 6 Wn. App. 600, 494 P.2d 1380 (1972)), we decided that the Civil Service Board of Tacoma did not have jurisdiction to entertain an appeal by an employee of the City of Tacoma who alleged that he had been arbitrarily demoted to his former position during a period of probationary service in a position of higher rank. After remittitur, the employee, Officer Kowalski, attempted by motion to invoke the inherent jurisdiction of the superior court to resolve the issues which had been submitted originally…