CITY OF SEATTLE v. McCONAHY

No. 36995-4-I.

937 P.2d 1133 (1997)

86 Wash.App. 557

The CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. Sarah McCONAHY, Appellant. The CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. John HOFF, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeannie Gorman, John P. Sheridan, Stephen K. Festor, Sheridan and Associates P.S., Seattle, for Appellants.

Thomas S. Sheehan, Sandra L. Cohen, Asst. City Attys., Seattle, for Respondents.

George N. Prince, Mercer Island, Nancy Talner, Seattle, for Amicus American Civil Liberties Union.


AGID, Judge.

Sarah McConahy, a formerly homeless youth, and John Hoff, an advocate for Seattle's homeless, were cited under the "Seattle sitting ordinance," SMC 15.48.040, for sitting on the sidewalk in the University District. They challenge the ordinance on several state constitutional grounds.1 These include alleging that the ordinance violates their substantive due process and free expression...

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