CITIZENS v. BOARD OF REGENTS

No. 43786.

86 Wn.2d 323 (1976)

544 P.2d 740

CITIZENS INTERESTED IN THE TRANSFUSION OF YESTERYEAR, ET AL, Respondents, v. THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, by James B. Wilson, Senior Assistant (John S. Robinson, of counsel), for petitioner Board of Regents.

John P. Harris, Corporation Counsel, by Gordon F. Crandall, Assistant, for petitioners City of Seattle et al.

Williams, Lanza, Kastner & Gibbs, by DeWitt Williams and Jerry B. Edmonds, for petitioner Unico Properties, Inc.

Norman L. Winn, for respondents.


FINLEY, J.

This case is before the court on a writ of certiorari. It was granted to review an order of the King County Superior Court which denied a motion by the Board of Regents of the University of Washington to dismiss this lawsuit.

The dispositive issue is whether the plaintiffs have commenced, i.e., established, a viable lawsuit protesting, under the provisions of the State Environmental Policy Act of 1971 (SEPA),1

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