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STATE EX REL. CONVENTION CENTER v. EVANS

No. 65607-0.

966 P.2d 1252 (1998)

136 Wash.2d 811

The STATE of Washington, ex rel. the WASHINGTON STATE CONVENTION AND TRADE CENTER, Respondent, v. Julia M. EVANS, Robert J. Evans, Millie Evans, John P. Lycette, JR., Trustee under the Will of Robley H. Evans, deceased, Julia M. Albee, John Doe Albee, Dina Corporation, Diller Associates, Earl B. Diller Trust, Hertz Corporations, McLean Family Limited Partnership, Robert J. Allerdice, Charles R. Carey Trust, Estate of Charles R. Carey, Mary V. Sparks, John Doe Sparks, William J. Boyce, Jeanne P. Boyce, the Adele Keller Family LTD. Partner Ship, Yen Lui Studios, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Lycette Jr., William J. Boyce, Thomas J. Greenan, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, Janet G. Lim, Snook & Bolton, Robert B. Spitzer, Garvey, Schubert & Barer, Seattle, Linda M. Youngs, Hanson, Baker, Ludlow & Drumheller, Bellevue, for Appellants.

Christine Gregoire, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Wright, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, John R. Ellis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Seattle, for Respondent.

DURHAM, C.J.

Property owners challenge a King County Superior Court order adjudicating public use and necessity that authorizes the State to condemn their property for expansion of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center (Convention Center or Center). At issue is whether the State may exercise the power of eminent domain under article I, section 16 (amendment 9), given the anticipated partial private use of the condemned property. We hold that the State may...

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