ADAMSON v. PORT OF BELLINGHAM

No. 16-35314.

923 F.3d 728 (2019)

Shannon C. ADAMSON, Husband and Wife; Nicholas Adamson, Husband and Wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PORT OF BELLINGHAM, a Washington Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Barr King (argued), Jason W. Anderson , and Rory D. Cosgrove , Carney Badley Spellman P.S., Seattle, Washington; Frank J. Chmelik and Seth A. Woolson , Chmelik Sitkin & Davis P.S., Bellingham, Washington; for Defendant-Appellant.

Philip A. Talmadge (argued), Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, Seattle, Washington; James Jacobsen and Joseph Stacey , Stacey & Jacobsen LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and John R. Tunheim, District Judge.


OPINION

We certified two questions to the Washington State Supreme Court. Adamson v. Port of Bellingham, 899 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2018). We said that if "the Washington State Supreme Court decides that a priority usage agreement does not absolve a landlord of liability as a possessor of property...

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