Herriott v. City of Seattle

Eligibility to take Seattle’s civil service examinations is limited to citizens of the United States. This appeal involves the validity of provisions in the city’s charter and civil service rules which create such limitation.

*50Both appellants are aliens who lawfully reside in the United States and who have applied to become naturalized citizens. Each is a taxpayer of King County, Washington. Both are “provisionally” employed by the city as transit operators and each is a competent worker. Their duties 'are such that they can be performed as well by them as by citizens. No issue of security is…