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THURSTON COUNTY v. CITY OF OLYMPIA

No. 73758-4.

86 P.3d 151 (2004)

151 Wash.2d 171

THURSTON COUNTY, a Washington State municipal corporation, by the BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, consisting of Diane Oberquell, Robert Macleod and Cathy Wolfe, Appellants, v. CITY OF OLYMPIA and City of Tumwater, municipal corporations and political subdivision of the State of Washington, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 18, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Petrich, Olympia, for appellants.

Law Lyman Daniel Kamerrer & Bogdanovich, William Kamerrer, Olympia City Attorney's Office, Bob Sterbank, Asst., Olympia, Christy A. Todd, Tumwater, for respondents.

James Kendrick Pharris, Jeffery Todd Even, Olympia, for Amicus Curiae (Atty. Gen., of Wash.)

Sophia Rose Byrd, Wash. State Ass'n of Counties, Olympia, for Amicus Curiae (Wash. State Ass'n of Counties).

JOHNSON, J.

This case involves a proposal to relocate certain functions of county government outside of a county seat. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether Thurston County may locate its planned new justice center in the city of Tumwater to house its superior and district courts, a new jail, and certain offices of county government. The trial court held that the county could not legally move its courts and other law and justice facilities outside the county...

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