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CITY OF TUKWILA v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 38146.

68 Wn.2d 611 (1966)

414 P.2d 597

THE CITY OF TUKWILA, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.L. Newbould, Arthur T. Lane, and Jorgen G. Bader, for appellant.

A. Wesley Hodge (of Hullin, Ehrlichman, Carroll & Roberts), for respondent.

HALE, J.

Seattle and Tukwila, as old friends are wont to do, had a falling out. Tukwila enacted two ordinances reducing 85 to 90 per cent the franchised area served by Seattle City Light, thereby leaving Seattle City Light with 10 to 15 per cent of the area and Puget Sound Power & Light Company with 85 to 90 per cent. Seattle claims this to be a unilateral, unconstitutional impairment of its franchise and appeals the decision of the superior court upholding the...

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