PORT OF TACOMA v. SAVE TACOMA WATER

No. 49263-6-II.

422 P.3d 917 (2018)

PORT OF TACOMA, a Washington State Municipal Corporation; Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County, a Washington State Non-Profit Corporation; Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, a Washington State Non-Profit corporation, Respondents, v. SAVE TACOMA WATER, a Washington political committee, Appellant, Donna Walters, sponsor and Treasurer of Save Tacoma Water; Jon and Jane Does 1-5; (Individual sponsors and officers of Save Tacoma Water); City of Tacoma, a Washington State Municipal Corporation; and Julie Anderson, in her capacity as Pierce County Auditor, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

Filed July 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin , Shearwater Law PLLC, 306 W. 3rd St., Port Angeles, WA, 98362-2250, Fred Michael Misner , Attorney at Law, 3007 Judson St., Gig Harbor, WA, 98335-1219, Stacy Monahan Tucker , Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley, 800 Fifth Ave., Ste. 4100, Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley Seattle, WA, 98104-3100, for Appellant.

Carolyn A. Lake , Seth S. Goodstein , Goodstein Law Group PLLC, 501 S. G St., Tacoma, WA, 98405-4715, Jason Matthew Whalen , Ledger Square Law, P.S., 710 Market St., Tacoma, WA, 98402-3712, Warren Evans Martin , Shelly Marie Andrew , Valarie Standefer Zeeck , Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP, 1201 Pacific Ave., Ste. 2100, Tacoma, WA, 98402-4314, David H. Prather , Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, 955 Tacoma Ave. S., Ste. 301, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2160, Kymberly Kathryn Evanson , Sarah Stewart Washburn , Paul J. Lawrence , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Respondents.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 Save Tacoma Water (STW) appeals from the superior court's declaratory judgment and permanent injunction preventing it from placing two initiatives on the Tacoma municipal ballot. STW argues that the superior court did not have the authority to conduct a pre-election review of the proposed initiatives...

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