SATOMI OWNERS ASS'N v. SATOMI, LLC

No. 56265-7-I.

159 P.3d 460 (2007)

SATOMI OWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Respondent, v. SATOMI, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stellman Keehnel, Rogelio Omar Riojas, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Anthony Todaro, Peterson Young Putra, Seattle, WA, Joel T. Salmi, Attorney at Law, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant.

Marlyn Kathryn Hawkins, Dean Eric Martin, Barker Martin PS, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Sharon Elizabeth Cates, Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA, Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne, Foster Pepper PLLC, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Master Builders Assoc. of King and Snohomish Counties.

Kit William Roth, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP Seattle, WA, Daniel Louis Dvorkin, Salmi & Gillaspy PLLC, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant and Amicus Curiae on behalf of Blakely Village, LLC.

Lori Kay McKown, David E. Chawes, Preg, O'Donnell & Gillett PLLC, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Leschi Corp.


ELLINGTON, J.

¶ 1 The chief question here is whether the Washington statute providing for judicial enforcement of statutory condominium warranties must yield to the federal arbitration statute, solely because some construction materials came from outside Washington state. We hold that under the circumstances here, the commerce clause does not reach so far, and the state statute controls.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Satomi, LLC (the Company) developed...

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