POSTEMA v. SNOHOMISH COUNTY

No. 37389-7-I.

922 P.2d 176 (1996)

83 Wash.App. 574

John POSTEMA, Appellant, v. SNOHOMISH COUNTY; King County; Puget Sound Regional Council, a quasi-public agency; Arlington, a Washington municipal corporation; Bothell, a Washington municipal corporation; Brier, a Washington municipal corporation; Darrington; a Washington municipal corporation; Edmonds, a Washington municipal corporation; Everett, a Washington municipal corporation; Gold Bar, a Washington municipal corporation; Granite Falls, a Washington municipal corporation; Lake Stevens, a Washington municipal corporation; Lynnwood, a Washington municipal corporation; Marysville, a Washington municipal corporation; Mill Creek, a Washington municipal corporation; Monroe, a Washington municipal corporation; Mountlake Terrace, a Washington municipal corporation; Mukilteo, a Washington municipal corporation; Snohomish, a Washington municipal corporation; Stanwood, a Washington municipal corporation; Sultan, a Washington municipal corporation; Woodway, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Rowley, Patterson Rowley & Schwimmer, Everett, for Appellant.

Richard Shepard, Tacoma, for Amicus Curiae.

Gregory Gene Schrag, Mountlake Terrace, John Paul Watts, Lynnwood, Rodney L. Brown, Martin & Brown, Seattle, Donald James Lyderson, Walter Carl Wagner, Everett, Grant Kevin Weed, Allendoerfer & Keithly Inc. P.S., Snohomish, Cheryl Lynn Beyer, Everett, Steven James Peiffle, Bailey Duskin & Peiffle, Arlington, David Alan Bricklin, Bricklin & Gendler, Seattle, Steven L. Gross, Lynnwood, Lisa Marie Marshall, Kenyon Sullivan, Renton, H. Kevin Wright, Seattle, Timothy X. Sullivan, City Atty., Seattle, Scott Michael Missall, Seattle, Thomas Diffley Coughlin, Stanwood, Thomas Herrick Robertson, Deputy Pros. Atty., Civ. Div., Snohomish County Pros. Atty., Everett, Mark Richard Bucklin, Keating Bucklin & McCormack, Seattle, James David Iles, City Attorney's Office, Everett, Carol Ann Morris, John David Wallace, Ogden Murphy Wallace, Thomas Charles Evans, Seattle, Bruce E. Jones, Newton & Kight, Everett, James Edward Haney, Walter Scott Snyder, Ogden Murphy Wallace, Seattle, for Respondents.


ELLINGTON, Judge.

John Postema is a resident of rural Snohomish County. He appeals dismissal of his suit challenging constitutionality of certain statutes of the Growth Management Act (RCW 36.70A.210 and .340), and actions taken by the county thereunder. Because Postema has standing to raise only one issue, and that issue is non-justiciable, dismissal was appropriate, and is affirmed.

RCW 36.70A.210 requires a county...

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