Hough v. Washington State Personnel Board

Plaintiffs appeal an order dismissing their petition for a writ of common law certiorari and their declaratory judgment action. We affirm.

The facts of this case are undisputed. The 13 plaintiffs comprise two groups of employees of the Department of Transportation: 6 external auditors and 7 photogram-metrists. In July 1976 the external auditors, supported by the Department of Transportation, requested the Personnel Board to change their "indexing." They contended that although the duties and responsibilities of their job were similar to those of state examiners in the State Auditor's Office,…