CARLISLE v. COLUMBIA IRR. DIST.

No. 82035-0.

229 P.3d 761 (2010)

Janet CARLISLE, Robert Armstrong, Kent Bell, Kelly Brazil, Dawn Brackensick, Steven Brackensick, Johan Curtiss, Michael Curtiss, Gary Ford, Melinda Ford, William Gabel, Alfred Garcia, Clifford Hampton, Erika Harlow, Bill Huebner, Eugene Juteau, Connie Krull, Colleen Miller, Kenneth Miller, Steven Myrick, Heidi Newsome, Todd Newsome, Craig Nighswonger, Michael Prather, Joseph Praino, Mark Repko, Laura Springer, Lindsay Wagner, Tyler Wagner, Allison Walsh, Tom Walsh, Daniel Wandler, Shelly Wandler, Richard Zelmer, Appellants, v. COLUMBIA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a municipal corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stephen Ziobro, Telquist Ziobro McMillen, P.L.L.C., Richland, WA, for Appellants.

Terry Elgin Miller, Kennewick, WA, James Paul Wagner, Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S., Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


FAIRHURST, J.

¶ 1 Irrigation districts in Washington, like all local government entities, must follow the statutes that regulate them, provide due process of law before depriving persons of property, and hold elections in a manner that is equal and free. The issue in this case is whether the Columbia Irrigation District (CID) met these obligations when it expanded its territory in 2007 and established a local improvement district (LID) to levy special assessments...

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