UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 94232-3.

399 P.3d 519 (2017)

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. CITY OF SEATTLE; DOCOMOMO US — WEWA; Historic Seattle; and the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: July 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Wynne , Patrick Downs , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 Fifth Ave., Ste. 2050, Seattle, WA, 98104-7097, David Alan Bricklin , Bricklin & Newman, LLP, 1424 4th Ave., Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98101-2258, for Appellants.

Patrick John Schneider , Steven James Gillespie , Jacqueline Constance Quarri , Foster Pepper PLLC, 1111 3rd Ave., Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3292, Karin Lisa Nyrop , Quentin R. Yerxa , Attorney General's Office — UW Division, 4333 Brooklyn Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA, 98195-9475, for Respondent.

Sandra Christine Adix , Attorney General's Office/Agriculture Di., 7141 Cleanwater Dr. S.W., P.O. Box 40109, Olympia, WA, 98504-0109, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Dep't of Archeology and Historic Preservation.

Keith Patrick Scully , Newman Du Wors LLP, 2101 4th Ave., Ste. 1500, Seattle, WA, 98121-2336, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Futurewise.

Bob C. Sterbank , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 987, Snoqualmie, WA, 98065-0987, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.


¶ 1 The city of Seattle's (City's) municipal code includes a "`Landmarks Preservation Ordinance'" (LPO), chapter 25.12 Seattle Municipal Code (SMC). SMC 25.12.010. Pursuant to the LPO, property with significant historical or cultural importance may be designated as landmark property. Once property has been nominated for potential landmark...

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