International Ass'n of Fire Fighters v. City of Walla Walla

90 Wn.2d 828 (1978)

586 P.2d 479

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 404, Respondent,

v.

THE CITY OF WALLA WALLA, ET AL, Appellants.

No. 44369.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 9, 1978.

Thomas K. Baffney (of Reese & Baffney), for appellants.

Critchlow, Williams, Ryals & Schuster and Michael E. de Grasse, for respondent.

Lee Kraft on behalf of City of Bellevue and Robert H. Aronson on behalf of University of Washington Appellate Advocacy Program, amici curiae.

HICKS, J.

May the City of Walla Walla, having provided a civil service system for its fire department,…