CEDAR COUNTY COMMITTEE v. MUNRO

No. 64958-8.

950 P.2d 446 (1998)

134 Wash.2d 377

CEDAR COUNTY COMMITTEE, a Washington nonprofit corporation; Lois Y. Gustafson, President of Cedar County Committee; and Harlan D. Bryan, Steve Stevlingson, James D. Crones, Verna S. Pearson, Ted E. Cowan, and Edward Monger, individually as voters living within the territory of Cedar County and signatories to the petition to establish Cedar County, State of Washington, Petitioners, v. Ralph MUNRO, Secretary of State, in his official capacity of chief election officer, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhys Sterling, Hobart, for petitioners.

Ralph Munro, Secretary of State, Christine Gregoire, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey Even, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, for respondent.


DOLLIVER, Justice.

Petitioners in this case include the Cedar County Committee and seven individuals (collectively, the "Committee"), all of whom have participated in a petition drive seeking to create a new county. They commenced this case as an original action in the Washington Supreme Court, seeking a writ of mandamus directed to Secretary of State Ralph Munro ("the Secretary").

The Committee submitted petitions...

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