CITY OF SNOQUALMIE, a municipal corporation, Respondent,
v.
KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE DOW CONSTANTINE, an individual, in his official capacity; King County Assessor Lloyd Hara, an individual, in his official capacity; and King County, Defendants, and
The State of Washington Department of Revenue, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 5, 2016.
Filed December 22, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David M. Hankins , Kelly Owings , Kelly Owings, Andrew J. Krawczyk , Atty. General's Office/Revenue Division, Dept. of Revenue A.G., Office Attorney at Law, 7141 Cleanwater Lane S.W., P.O. Box 40123, Olympia, WA, 98504-0123, for Appellant.
Patrick Barrett Anderson , 4919 Morgan Dr., Blaine, WA, 98230-9612, Daniel Brian Heid , City of Auburn, 25 W. Main St., Auburn, WA, 98001-4998, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.
Robert Leighton Otsea, Jr. , Richard Reich , Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, 39015 172nd Ave. S.E., Auburn, WA, 98092-9763, William Colwell Severson , William C. Severson, PLLC, 1001 4th Ave., Ste. 4400, Seattle, WA, 98154-1192, Michelle DeLappe , Garvey Schubert Barer, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA, 98101-2939, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Muckleshoot Indian Tribe.
Duana Theresa Kolouskova , Johns Monroe Mitsunaga Kolouskova PLLC, 11201 S.E. 8th St., Ste. 120, Bellevue, WA, 98004-6457, Trisna Tanus , The City of Bellevue, 450 110th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, WA, 98004-5514, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties.
Margaret A. Pahl , Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, 516 3rd Ave., Rm. W400, Seattle, WA, 98104-2388, for Other Parties.
OWENS, J.
¶ 1 Article VII of the Washington Constitution imposes a set of requirements on taxes for the protection of the taxpayers; however, not all governmental charges are "taxes" that are subject to those requirements. At issue in this case is whether a certain governmental charge imposed on Indian tribes is a tax. After the legislature...
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