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LANE v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 80204-1.

194 P.3d 977 (2008)

Arthur T. LANE, Kenneth Gorohoff and Walter L. Williams, individually and on behalf of the class of all persons similarly situated, Respondents/Cross-Appellants, v. The CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent/Cross-Respondent, King County Fire District No. 2; King County Fire District No. 4 (a.k.a. Shoreline Fire Department); North Highline Fire District No. 11; King County Fire District No. 16 (a.k.a. Northshore Fire Department); King County Fire District No. 20; The City of Shoreline, a Washington municipal corporation; and King County, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondents, The City of Burien, a Washington municipal corporation; The City of Lake Forest Park, a Washington municipal corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Paul Ruark, Attorney at Law, Bellevue, WA, Brian Richard Paige, Itron Inc., Liberty Lake, WA, for Appellants.

Gregory Colin Narver, Suzanne Lieberman Smith, Seattle City Attorneys Office, William Howard Patton, Foster Pepper PLLC, King County Prosecutor's Office, Margaret A. Pahl, Howard Phillip Schneiderman, William E. Blakney, King County Administrative Building, Seattle, WA, Ian Richard Sievers, City of Shoreline Attorney, Shoreline, WA, Kinnon William Williams, Joseph Halder Marshall, Williams & Williams, PSC, Bothell, WA, for Respondents.

David Florian Jurca, Jennifer Suzanne Divine, Connie K. Haslam, Helsell Fetterman LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondents/Cross-Appellants.

Brian K. Snure, Snure Law Office PSC, Des Moines, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Fire Commissioner's Association.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 In this case we must decide who will pay for fire hydrants in the city of Seattle and its suburbs. Seattle Public Utility (SPU) used to pay for them, passing the cost along to its ratepayers. The ratepayers object and want Seattle to foot the bill. If Seattle has to pay for its hydrants, it wants Lake Forest Park to pay for the hydrants in Lake Forest Park. Lake Forest Park, in turn, wants fire districts in Lake Forest Park to pay. The fire...

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