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FREEMAN v. GREGOIRE

No. 83349-4.

256 P.3d 264 (2011)

171 Wash.2d 316

Kemper FREEMAN, Jim Horn, Steve Stivala, Ken Collins, Michael Dunmire, Sarah Rinlaub, Al DeAtley, Jim Coles, Brian Boehm, and Eastside Transportation Association, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Petitioners, v. Christine O. GREGOIRE, a state officer in her capacity as Governor of the State of Washington, and Paula J. Hammond, a state officer in her capacity as Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation, Respondents, Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Albert Talmadge , Thomas M. Fitzpatrick , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, Tukwila, WA, George E. Kargianis , Law Offices of George Kargianis, Kristen Leigh Fisher , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Robert M. McKenna , Maureen A. Hart , Bryce E. Brown Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondents.

Desmond Leoron Brown , Sound Transit Union Station, Paul J. Lawrence , Matthew J. Segal , Jessica Anne Skelton , Pacifica Law Group, LLP, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Respondent Intervenor-Sound Transit.

Catherine C. Clark , Melody Staubitz , Law Office, of Catherine C. Clark , Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Nelson Trucking Company.

Lisabeth R. Belden , Law Office of Lisabeth, R. Belden , Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Save Mi Sov.

C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This is an original action brought by individual taxpayers Kemper Freeman, Jim Horn, Steve Stivala, Ken Collins, Michael Dunmire, Sarah Rinlaub, Al DeAtley, Jim Coles, Brian Boehm, and Eastside Transportation Association against Governor Christine Gregoire and Secretary Paula Hammond of the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT).1 Petitioners seek to invoke the original jurisdiction of this court under...

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