Hsieh v. Civil Service Commission of Seattle

*530Neill, J.

The. sole- issue raised by this appeal is the validity of the provision in the Seattle City Charter and civil service rules which limits eligibility for the city’s civil service examination .to United States citizens. We hold that such provision as applied to these plaintiffs constitutes an invalid interference with laws of the United States in a field of federal supremacy.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of dismissal of their declaratory judgment action. The action seeks a decree (1) permitting plaintiffs to take civil service examinations and (2) enjoining Seattle city officials…