VITA FOOD PRODUCTS v. STATE

No. 45486.

91 Wn.2d 132 (1978)

587 P.2d 535

VITA FOOD PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl G. Koch and Terence P. Lukens (of Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, P.S.), for appellant.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Dennis D. Reynolds, Assistant, for respondents.

John K. Hoerster on behalf of Quileute Indian Tribe, amicus curiae.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

This is a tax case. The State has imposed a "privilege fee" upon certain fish handlers, RCW 75.32.030, who are the "original receivers" of such fish. Plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment that it was not an "original receiver" as defined in RCW 75.32.080. The trial court granted the State's motion for a summary judgment. We reverse.

The facts are that the Quileute Indian Tribe operates on its reservation a fish processing plant which purchases...

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