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HILLIS v. STATE, DEPT. OF ECOLOGY

No. 63399-1.

932 P.2d 139 (1997)

131 Wash.2d 373

Larry HILLIS and Veralene Hillis, husband and wife, Respondents, v. STATE of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY; Mary Riveland, Director of the Department of Ecology; and Pat Spurgin, Central Regional Director of the Department of Ecology, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S., Terrance I. Danysh, Patrick D. Brown, Seattle, amicus curiae on behalf of Coordinated Appellate Group.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Jay J. Manning, Asst., Mark C. Jobson, Asst., Olympia, for Appellants.

Lathrop, Winbauer, Harrel & Slothower, F. Steven Lathrop, Ellensburg, for respondents.

GUY, Justice.

The Washington State Department of Ecology asks this Court to reverse a trial court order which orders it to immediately investigate the plaintiffs' applications to appropriate public groundwater. Ecology also challenges the order because it effectively forbids Ecology from conducting assessments of the state's watersheds and because it invalidates certain policy and priority decisions made by that agency. We...

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