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WHATCOM COUNTY v. CITY OF BELLINGHAM

No. 63199-9.

909 P.2d 1303 (1996)

128 Wash.2d 537

WHATCOM COUNTY, Respondent, v. CITY OF BELLINGHAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, Third Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Disend, Bellingham City Attorney, Dawn Sturwold, Asst., Bellingham, Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, Peter DiJulio, Seattle, for appellant.

Joseph E. Shorin, III, Olympia, for defendant.

David McEachran, Whatcom County Prosecutor, Bellingham, for respondent.

TALMADGE, Justice.

The City of Bellingham (City) appeals from a partial summary judgment requiring it to arbitrate the amount it must reimburse Whatcom County (County) for certain costs which were shifted to the County after the City's 1980 repeal of the vast majority of Title 10 of the Bellingham Municipal Code, the portion of its municipal code which defined crimes.

RCW 3.50.800 forbids cities which have enacted a municipal criminal code and enforced such...

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