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CITY OF TACOMA v. CITY OF BONNEY LAKE

No. 84824-6.

269 P.3d 1017 (2012)

173 Wn.2d 584

CITY OF TACOMA, a municipal corporation, Appellant, v. CITY OF BONNEY LAKE, City of Fircrest, City of University Place, City Of Federal Way, Pierce County, and King County, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Cody Fosbre , Tacoma City Attorney's Office, Elizabeth Ann Pauli , Tacoma, WA, Michael Barr King , Carney Badley Spellman, PS, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Michael Brian Smith , Attorney at Law, Fircrest, WA, Janean Parker , Attorney at Law, Kelso, WA, Kathleen J. Haggard , Dionne & Rorick LLP, Wayne Douglas Tanaka , Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC, Seattle, WA, Peter Bruce Beckwith , City of Federal Way, Federal Way, WA, David Brian St. Pierre , Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, Tacoma, WA, for Respondents.

Adam Waldon Gravley , Tadas A. Kisielius , GordonDerr LLP, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Water Utilities Council.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 The city of Tacoma has franchise agreements with Pierce County and the cities of Fircrest, University Place, and Federal Way (Municipalities) to provide them with water services.1 The central issue before us is whether the franchise agreements require Tacoma to not only provide and maintain fire hydrants, but to bear the costs as well. As part of that issue, Tacoma also raises...

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