PUD NO. 1 OF LEWIS COUNTY v. WPPSS

No. 50238-2.

104 Wn.2d 353 (1985)

705 P.2d 1195

PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF LEWIS COUNTY, ET AL, Respondents, v. WASHINGTON PUBLIC POW3ER SUPPLY SYSTEM, Respondent, CHEMICAL BANK, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

As amended by order February 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S., by Michael Mines and Kim C. Pflueger (Cravath, Swaine & Moore, of counsel), for appellant Chemical Bank.

Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & O'Hern, by Albert R. Malanca, Kenneth G. Kieffer, and Donald S. Cohen, for respondent Washington Public Utilities Group.

Culp, Dwyer, Guterson & Grader, by Richard C. Yarmuth, Earle J. Hereford, Jr., Susan L. Guthrie, and Ellen D. Bowman, for respondent Washington Public Power Supply System.

Williams, Novack & Hansen, James D. Twisselman, and Jeffrey E. Pratt, for respondent Snohomish County PUD 1.

Ralph K. Nickerson, Leavy, Schultz & Sweeney, and Steven J. Palmer, for respondents Klickitat and Franklin Counties PUD's 1.

Platt, Irwin, Colley, Oliver, Miller & Wood, by Craig L. Miller, Bart G. Irwin, and Stephen E. Oliver, for respondent Clallam County PUD 1.

Roberts & Shefelman, by George M. Mack, Joni H. Ostergaard, and Bennet A. McConaughy, for respondents City of Richland, et al.

Mary M. Gibbons, Gary A. Dahlke, Richard D. McWilliams, Theodore J. Collins, Donald G. Kari, and Stephen S. Walters on behalf of Washington Water Power Co., Puget Sound Power and Light Co., and Pacific Power and Light Co., amici curiae for respondents.

William R. Squires III and Stephen M. Rummage, amici curiae.


[As amended by order of the Supreme Court February 11, 1986.]

PEARSON, J.

In these consolidated cases, the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) and Chemical Bank challenge several summary judgments entered against them in the King, Lewis, and Benton County Superior Courts. The questions presented relate to loans advanced to WPPSS by numerous public utility districts (PUD's), municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to assist in the orderly preservation...

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