Maehren v. City of Seattle

Appellants, employees of the Seattle Fire Department, seek review of a trial court decision upholding the Affirmative Action Program used by the Fire Department and the City of Seattle in the hiring and promotion of personnel. We affirm the trial court.

At the outset we emphasize that this case does not involve a loss of acquired seniority rights, the displacement of non-minority employees by minority employees, or the downgrading of non-minority employees to favor minority *483employees. Further, the case does not involve the promotion of non-qualified minority employees in place of qualified…