LEE v. STATE

No. 92708-1.

374 P.3d 157 (2016)

Tony LEE, an individual taxpayer; Angela Bartels, an individual taxpayer; David Frockt, an individual taxpayer and Washington State senator; Reuven Carlyle, an individual taxpayer and Washington State representative; Eden Mack, an individual taxpayer; Gerald Reilly, an individual taxpayer; Paul Bell, an individual taxpayer; and The League of Women Voters of Washington, Respondents, v. The STATE of Washington, Appellant, and Tim Eyman; Leo J. Fagan; and M.J. Fagan, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed May 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Stephens , Stephens & Klinge LLP, 10900 Ne 8th St., Ste. 1325, Bellevue, WA, 98004-4748, Callie Anne Castillo , Rebecca R. Glasgow , Attorney General's Office, Solicitor General Division Attorney General, Attorney at Law, 1125 Washington Street, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Appellants.

Paul J. Lawrence , Kymberly Kathryn Evanson , Sarah Stewart Washburn , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Respondents.

Erick Dean Reitz , Attorney at Law, 1818 E Madison St., Apt. 509, Seattle, WA, 98122-3186, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Washington School Principals.


¶ 1 Appellants1 (hereinafter State or sponsors) seek reversal of a King County Superior Court order declaring Initiative 1366 (I-1366) unconstitutional. At the heart of this case lies the fact that I-1366, if enacted, would "result[ ] in either a one-time reduction in the sales tax or...

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