HIGHLINE DIST. v. PORT OF SEATTLE

No. 43804.

87 Wn.2d 6 (1976)

548 P.2d 1085

HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 401, ET AL, Appellants, v. THE PORT OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberts, Shefelman, Lawrence, Gay & Moch, James S. Turner, and William G. Tonkin, for appellants.

Bogle & Gates, John C. Coughenour, William J. McDowell, Kimberley W. Osenbaugh, and Ronald E. McKinstry, for respondents.


UTTER, J.

Plaintiff school district appeals from the dismissal by summary judgment of a portion of its suit for damages allegedly caused by aircraft noise emanating from the flight operations of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, owned and operated by respondents. The superior court dismissed plaintiff's inverse condemnation claim with respect to the "old runway" at the airport on the grounds that a 10-year statute of limitations was applicable and that no new...

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