SINTRA, INC. v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 57029-9.

119 Wn.2d 1 (1992)

829 P.2d 765

SINTRA, INC., ET AL, Appellants, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sanders, for appellants.

Mark H. Sidran, City Attorney, and Miriam Reed, Assistant, for respondents.

Ronald J. Zumbrun, Edward J. Connor, Jr., John M. Groen, and Ben J. Gantt, Jr., on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation, amicus curiae for appellants.


DURHAM, J.

In this land use action, we are asked to decide for the first time the impact of federal civil rights actions on our takings jurisprudence. Increasingly, this court is called upon to resolve disputes concerning land use regulation, and the trend is likely to continue. A body of cogent, workable rules upon which regulators and landowners alike can rely is essential to the task.

In 1989, this court affirmed...

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