Legal Opinion
Seattle Police Officers' Guild v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 2, 1972No. 41762PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHamilton, C.J.
This is an appeal from the action of the superior court in granting an injunction, the effect of which would prohibit the Seattle Police Department from seeking to elicit, under threat of dismissal, answers from individual police officers, either through direct questioning or through polygraph examination, to questions relating to the performance of their official duties.
*308The respondent, Seattle Police Officers’ Guild, a professional association for police officers, as plaintiff, brings this action on behalf of its membership. The appellants (defendants) are the City of Seattle and the Chief…
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