CHELAN BASIN CONSERVANCY v. GBI HOLDING CO.

No. 93381-2.

413 P.3d 549 (2018)

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

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed March 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Gendler , GendlerLaw PLLC, 5006 Greenwood Ave. N, Seattle, WA, 98103-6015, Russell John Speidel , David Joel Bentsen , Speidel Bentsen LLP, Po Box 881, Wenatchee, WA, 98807-0881, Brendan Wesley Donckers , Daniel Foster Johnson , Roger M. Townsend , Breskin Johnson & Townsend, PLLC, 1000 Second Avenue Suite 3670, Seattle, WA, 98104, for Petitioner.

Erik K. Wahlquist , Chelan County PUD, Po Box 1231 Wenatchee, WA, 98807-1231, 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, 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, Terence Pruit , Attorney General's Office, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Defendant.

John Kirk Bromiley , Bromiley Law, PLLC, 227 Ohme Garden Rd., Wenatchee, WA, 98801-9047, Markham Allen Quehrn , Perkins Coie LLP, 10885 Ne 4th St. Ste. 700 Bellevue, WA, 98004-5579, David Scott Steele , Eric David Miller , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3099, Terence Pruit , Attorney General's Office, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Jay Douglas Geck , Office of the Attorney General, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, 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, for Respondents.

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, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

Rachael Paschal Osborn , Attorney at Law, Po Box 362, Vashon, WA, 98070-0362, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Center for Environmental Law & Policy.

John Maurice Groen , Pacific Legal Foundation, 930 G. St., Sacramento, CA, 95814-1802, Brian Trevor Hodges , Pacific Legal Foundation, 10940 Ne. 33rd Pl. Ste. 210 Bellevue, WA, 98004-1432, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Erik K. Wahlquist , Chelan County PUD, Po Box 1231, Wenatchee, WA, 98807-1231, Terence Pruit , Attorney General's Office, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Jay Douglas Geck , Office of the Attorney General, 1125 Washington St. Se., Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Other Parties.


¶ 1 Petitioner Chelan Basin Conservancy (Conservancy) seeks the removal of six acres of fill material that respondent GBI Holding Company added to its property in 1961 to keep the formerly dry property permanently above the artificially raised seasonal water fluctuations of Lake Chelan. The Conservancy brings this action more...

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