GRANT CTY. FIRE PROT. DIST. v. CITY OF MOSES LAKE

Nos. 70090-7, 70499-6, 73589-1.

83 P.3d 419 (2004)

150 Wash.2d 791

GRANT COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 5, a municipal corporation; Wyatt D. Hanks and Annette Hanks, husband and wife, Appellants, v. CITY OF MOSES LAKE, a municipal corporation, Respondent. Busby International, Inc., a Washington corporation; D & L Foundry And Supply, Inc., a Washington corporation; Hanson Processing LLC, a Washington limited liability company; Eka Chemicals, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Pacific Northwest Sugar, L.P., a Washington limited partnership; Inland Terminals, Inc., a Washington corporation, Agri Beef Co., an Idaho corporation, Defendants. Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 12, a municipal corporation; Lyle E. Gapen and Max Seal, Appellants, v. City of Yakima, a municipal corporation, Respondent. City of Snoqualmie, a municipal corporation; and Gateway Cascades, Inc., a California corporation, Appellants, v. Washington State Boundary Review Board for King County, a Washington agency, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snure Law Offices, Clark Snure, Brian Snure, Des Moines, Patrick B. Anderson, Snoqualmie, Richard M. Peterson, Brian D. Todd, Hillis Clark martin &Peterson, P.S., Seattle, for Appellants.

Hugh Spitzer, P. Stephen DiJulio, Ramsey E. Ramerman, Seattle, James A. Whitaker, Ephrata, Robert C. Kaufman, Bellevue, for Respondents.

Thomas Kelly, Elizabeth Thomas, Matthew J. Segal, Seattle, Roger D. Wynne, Seattle City Attorneys Office, Lawrence A. Peterson, Yakima County Deputy Prosecutor, Raymond L. Paolella, Yakima, Narda Pierce, Solicitor General-AG's Office, for other Parties.

Greg A. Rubstello, Joseph Z. Lell, Seattle, William B. Collins, Cameron G. Comfort, Asst. Attorneys General, Daniel Brian Heid, Auburn, Kristopher I. Tefft, Philip A. Talmadge, Tukwila, Amicus Curiae.


BRIDGE, J.

In Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake, 145 Wn.2d 702, 42 P.3d 394 (2002) (Grant County I), this court held that the petition method of annexation affords an impermissible privilege to owners of highly valued land, and therefore violates article I, section 12 of the Washington State Constitution. Motions...

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