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CITY OF SEATTLE v. McKENNA

No. 84483-6.

259 P.3d 1087 (2011)

172 Wn.2d 551

CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal corporation, Petitioner, v. Robert M. McKENNA, Attorney General, Washington State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Samuel Holmes , Laura Beth Wishik , Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey Todd Even , Maureen A. Hart , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

Adam J. Berger , Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Governor Christine O. Gregoire.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 The attorney general of Washington made the State a plaintiff in a multistate lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform legislation recently passed by Congress.1 The city of Seattle seeks a writ of mandamus directing the attorney general to withdraw the State of Washington from the litigation. Resolution of this case requires that we determine the scope of the powers of the...

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