COMMUNITY CARE COALITION OF WASH. v. REED

No. 81857-6.

200 P.3d 701 (2009)

COMMUNITY CARE COALITION OF WASHINGTON; Home Care of Washington, Inc.; The Fredrickson Home; Cynthia O'Neill, A Washington Citizen and Taxpayer; Ron Ralph and Lois Ralph, husband and wife and Washington Citizens and Taxpayers, Petitioners, v. Sam REED, Secretary of State, Respondent, and Linda Lee and People for Safe Quality Care, Intervenors/Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Dell Benedict, Narda D. Pierce, Benedict Garratt Pond & Pierce, PLLC, Olympia, WA, for Petitioners.

Jeffrey Todd Even, Maureen A. Hart, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

Eric D. `Knoll' Lowney, Smith & Lowney PLLC, Michael Craig Subit, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP, Seattle, WA, for Intervenors/Respondents.

Shawn Timothy Newman, Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Initiative and Referendum Institute.


ALEXANDER, C.J.

¶ 1 Several petitioners led by the Community Care Coalition of Washington filed an original action in this court seeking to compel Secretary of State Sam Reed to accept petitions submitted for Initiative Measure No. 1029 (I-1029) as petitions for an initiative to the legislature. Petitioners conversely ask us to prohibit the secretary of state from certifying I-1029 as an initiative to the people for placement on the November 2008 general election...

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