CITY OF SEATTLE v. DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 24042-4-II.

989 P.2d 1164 (1999)

98 Wash.App. 165

The CITY OF SEATTLE (SEATTLE CITY LIGHT) a municipal corporation; City of Tacoma (Department of Public Utilities Light Division) a municipal corporation; Lewis County P.U.D.; Chelan County P.U.D., No. 1, a municipal corporation; Peninsula Light Co., a mutual corporation; Grays Harbor P.U.D.; and City of Centralia (Centralia City Light) a municipal corporation, Respondents, v. The WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

December 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah L. Cade, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, for Appellant.

George Stephen Karavitis, Assistant City Attorney, Tacoma, Peter Edward Hapke, Joel Cartwright Merkel, William Henry Beaver, Karr Tuttle Campbell, Seattle, Shannon M. Murphy, Dudenbostel Law Offices, Centralia, Erik K. Wahlquist, Davis Arneil Law Firm, Wenatchee, Dennis R. Colwell, Ingram Zelasko & Goodwin, Aberdeen, for Respondents.


BRIDGEWATER, C.J.

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