CITY v. NORTHSHORE UNITED CHURCH

No. 80588-1.

211 P.3d 406 (2009)

CITY OF WOODINVILLE, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondent, v. NORTHSHORE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, and Seattle Housing and Resource Effort/Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement Project, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Alan Rubstello, Joseph Zachary Lell, Seattle, WA, Michael Paul Scruggs, Scruggs Law Offices, Mercer Island, WA, for Respondent.

Anthony L. Rafel, Robert Aloysius Hyde, Rafel Law Group PLLC, Sean Adam Russel, Ahlers & Cressman PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Howard Mark Goodfriend, Edwards Sieh Smith & Goodfriend PS, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Church Council of Greater Seattle, Temple Beth Am., Northwest Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Evergreen Council of American Baptist Church, Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, Pacific Northwest Conference of the United Church of Christ and Washington Association of Churches.

Sarah A. Dunne, ACLU, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU.


J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 Tent City 4 is a movable encampment of homeless people in the Puget Sound area sponsored by nonprofit Seattle Housing and Resource Effort/Women's Housing Equality and Enhancement Project (Share/Wheel). The encampment houses approximately 60-100 people and moves from place to place every 90 days. It relies on property owners to volunteer sites and in 2006 asked Northshore United Church of Christ ...

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