Legal Opinion
Shoemaker v. City of Bremerton
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 16, 1987No. 53779-8PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dore, J. —
This federal civil rights case has been certified to this court by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals under RCW 2.60.020 for an answer to the following question:
Does Washington law afford preclusive effect to the factual findings of the Bremerton Civil Service Commission that Joe Shoemaker's reductions in rank were not retaliatory?
The Ninth Circuit considered certification appropriate in this case because the United States Supreme Court recently determined that the preclusive effect of a state administrative decision in a federal civil rights action should be determined under the…
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