OSBORN v. GRANT COUNTY

No. 63161-1.

926 P.2d 911 (1996)

130 Wash.2d 615

Dedra J. OSBORN, Grant County Clerk, Respondent, v. GRANT COUNTY By and Through the GRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner, Gordon E. Harris, Grant County Clerk, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Knodell III, Grant County Prosecutor, Ephrata, for Petitioner.

McCormick Dunn & Black, Robert A. Dunn, Keller W. Allen, Spokane, Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Yakima County Prosecutor, John V. Staffan, Deputy, Yakima, for Respondent.


DOLLIVER, Justice.

The Grant County Board of Commissioners appeals from a Court of Appeals decision affirming a superior court's grant of declaratory relief to Dedra Osborn, a former Grant County Clerk. The Court of Appeals upheld the appointment of a private law firm as a special prosecutor for Osborn, and the court found that the Grant County Board of Commissioners had improperly interfered with the clerk's absolute right...

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