COUNTY OF SKAMANIA v. STATE

No. 49799-1.

102 Wn.2d 127 (1984)

685 P.2d 576

THE COUNTY OF SKAMANIA, ET AL, Respondents, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Theodore O. Torve, Senior Assistant, for appellant State.

Bogle & Gates, John T. Piper, and Patrick S. Brady, for appellants Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co., et al.

Robert K. Leick and Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, by Daniel B. Ritter, Marvin L. Gray, Jr., and Jeffrey B. Van Duzer, for respondents County of Skamania, et al.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, James B. Wilson, Senior Assistant, and Robert E. Patterson, Assistant, for respondent State.

Michael D. Axline and Roy Kussman on behalf of Washington Environmental Council, amici curiae for respondents.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment holding unconstitutional the Forest Products Industry Recovery Act of 1982. The main issue is whether the Act, by modifying contracts for the sale of timber from trust lands, violated the State's fiduciary duties to the trust beneficiaries. The trial court held that it did; we affirm.

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