NATIONAL ELEC. CONTRACTORS v. RIVELAND

No. 65953-2.

978 P.2d 481 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 9

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, CASCADE CHAPTER, et al., Appellants, v. Chase RIVELAND, Director, Department of Corrections, State of Washington, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy J. Sternal, Amy Lewis, Tacoma, Adam L. Sherr, Seattle, for Appellants.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Thomas J. Young, Daniel J. Judge, Robert Battles, Assistant Attorneys General, Olympia, for Respondents.


MADSEN, J.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether the Washington State Department of Corrections is exempt from complying with various state laws relating to electrical licensing, workplace safety, prevailing wage, and competitive bidding where inmate labor is used to perform electrical work on prison facilities. Several chapters of national and local electrical unions challenged both the Washington State Department...

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