CITY OF SEATTLE v. McCREADY

No. 63275-8.

931 P.2d 156 (1997)

131 Wash.2d 266

The CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipal corporation, Respondent, v. James P. and Ann McCREADY, a marital community; George Lott; Marv Kaercher; and all similarly situated persons, Appellants/Defendants, and Greg Marshall; John D. Hansen; Siobhan Stewart; Kels Koch; Jerry Allen; and all similarly situated persons, Appellants/Defendants. Seattle Municipal Court; Ovid Thompson; Rose Mesec and John Doe Mesec, her husband; Matt Lamp and Jane Doe Lamp, his wife; Daniel Scully and Jane Doe Scully, his wife; and John and Jane Doe's 1-10, Respondents/Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Groen & Stephens, John M. Groen, Bellevue, for appellants/defendants.

Mark Sidran, Seattle City Attorney and Miriam Reed, Asst. City Attorney, Seattle, for respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.

This is the third time this court has accepted review on issues arising out of this cause of action. The genesis of this action began with certain landlords' and tenants' (Appellants) resistance to the City of Seattle's (City) Residential Housing Inspection Program (RHIP). The City filed a declaratory judgment action, naming Appellants as Defendants, to determine the constitutionality of the RHIP. Appellants filed a counterclaim for, among other...

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