CHELAN BASIN CONSERVANCY v. GBI HOLDING CO.

No. 33196-2-III (consolidated with No. 33239-0-III).

378 P.3d 222 (2016)

194 Wash.App. 478

CHELAN BASIN CONSERVANCY, Respondent, v. GBI HOLDING CO. and State of Washington, Appellants and Cross Respondents, City of Chelan, Respondent and Cross Appellant, and Chelan County Public Utility District, Additional Named Party.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

FILED June 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Kirk Bromiley , Bromiley Law, PLLC, 227 Ohme Garden Rd., Wenatchee, WA, 98801-9047, Markham Allen Quehrn , Perkins Coie LLP, The Pse Bldg., 10885 NE 4th St. Ste. 700, Bellevue, WA, 98004-5579, David Scott Steele , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3099, Terence Pruit , Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington St. SE, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Counsel for Appellant(s).

Allan Galbraith , Allan Galbraith, PLLC, 949 Wheeler Hill Rd., Wenatchee, WA, 98801-9705, Nicholas James Lofing , Davis, Arneil Law Firm, 617 Washington St., Wenatchee, WA, 98801-2600, Terence Pruit , Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington St. SE, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Erik K. Wahlquist , Chelan County PUD, P.O. Box 1231, 327 N Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, WA, 98807-1231, Alexander Weal Mackie , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 607, Winthrop, WA, 98862-0607, Katherine Gustafson Galipeau , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3099, John Kirk Bromiley , Bromiley Law, PLLC, 227 Ohme Garden Rd., Wenatchee, WA, 98801-9047, Counsel for Defendant(s).

Michael W. Gendler , David Scott Mann , Gendler & Mann LLP, 615 2nd Ave. Ste. 560, Seattle, WA, 98104-2242, Russell John Speidel , David Joel Bentsen , Speidel Bentsen LLP, P.O. Box 881, Wenatchee, WA, 98807-0881, Counsel for Respondent(s).

Allan Galbraith , Allan Galbraith, PLLC, 949 Wheeler Hill Rd., Wenatchee, WA, 98801-9705, Nicholas James Lofing , Davis, Arneil Law Firm, 617 Washington St., Wenatchee, WA, 98801-2600, Kenneth W. Harper , Menke Jackson Beyer, LLP, 807 N 39th Ave., Yakima, WA, 98902-6389, Counsel for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

John Maurice Groen , Pacific Legal Foundation, 930 G St., Sacramento, CA, 95814-1802, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Erik K. Wahlquist , Chelan County PUD, P.O. Box 1231, 327 N Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee, WA, 98807-1231, Terence Pruit , Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington St. SE, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Counsel for Other Parties.


¶ 1 Since the early 1960s, GBI Holding Co. and its predecessors (collectively GBI) have maintained a private landfill commonly known as the "Three Fingers" on the shore of Lake Chelan. For members of the Chelan Basin Conservancy (CBC), the Three Fingers fill is a blot on the otherwise pristine shores of the lake and unreasonably...

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