Crippen v. City of Bellevue

William and Evelyn Crippen appeal the trial court's order granting summary judgment to the City of Bellevue, D.L. Sterling, Ronald Pedee, and Donald Hamilton, arguing that the trial court erred in holding that (1) the municipal fire chief had discretion to refuse to declare a vacancy for a battalion chief position and (2) there were no issues of material fact regarding the fire chief's motivation for refusing to declare a vacancy. We affirm.

William Crippen has been a fire fighter with the Bellevue Fire Department since 1967. He became a lieutenant in 1969. Over the years, Crippen was given…