PUD 1 v. TAXPAYERS OF SNOHOMISH CTY.

No. 41579.

78 Wn.2d 724 (1971)

479 P.2d 61

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Respondent, v. TAXPAYERS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Appellants. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellants. THE CITY OF TACOMA, Respondent, v. TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY OF TACOMA, Appellants. PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Respondent, v. TAXPAYERS OF GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Hunter, Carlson & Dewell, James P. Hunter, and Thomas R. Collins, for appellants.

Parker Williams, Edward D. Hansen, A.L. Newbould, Arthur T. Lane, Marshall McCormick, Paul J. Nolan, Omar S. Parker, and The Attorney General and Robert Hauth, Assistant, for respondents.


SHARP, J.

Appellants prosecute this appeal from a summary judgment upholding the right of respondent municipal corporations to participate with four privately-owned power companies in the construction, operation and financing of a coal-powered electric generating plant near Centralia.

The agreement1 approved by the trial court was negotiated under the authority of RCW 54.44 declaring the public policy of permitting public and regulated...

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