CENTRAL PUGET SOUND v. WR-SRI 120TH NORTH

No. 94255-2 (consol. with No. 94406-7, No. 94530-6, and No. 95148-9).

422 P.3d 891 (2018)

CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a regional transit authority, dba Sound Transit, Respondent, v. WR-SRI 120TH NORTH LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; WR-SRI 120th LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Safeway, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Northwestern Improvement Company, a Delaware corporation; Centurylink, Inc., a Louisiana corporation fka Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company, a Washington corporation; Puget Sound Energy, Inc., a Washington corporation; PPF Amili 121st Avenue NE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Respondents, City of Seattle, Appellant, Seattle City Light, a Washington municipal corporation; City of Bellevue, a Washington municipal corporation; U.S. Bank National Association; Puget Sound Energy, Inc., a Washington corporation; AF Operations, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Amazon.com Inc., a Delaware corporation; Orca Bay Seafoods, Inc., a Washington corporation; King County, a Washington municipal corporation; and all Unknown Owners and Unknown Tenants, Respondents. Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, a regional transit authority, dba Sound Transit, Respondent, v. Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation, King County and all Unknown Owners and Unknown Tenants, Other Parties, City of Seattle, Appellant. Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, a regional transit authority, dba Sound Transit, Respondent, v. Sternoff L.P., a Washington limited partnership; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., W. Sternoff LLC, a Washington limited liability company dba Bodyglide; King County, a Washington municipal corporation; and all Unknown Owners and Unknown Tenants, Other Parties, and City of Seattle, Appellant. Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, a regional transit authority, dba Sound Transit, Respondent, v. Ann Seena Jacobsen, who also appears of record as Ann Seena Veracruz, individually and as trustee for the Ann Seena Jacobsen Living Trust Dated April 4, 2002; Assurity Life Insurance Company, a Nebraska company f/k/a Woodmen Accident and Life Company; Safeway, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Centurylink, Inc., a Louisiana corporation; Puget Sound Energy, Inc., a Washington corporation, Respondents, City of Seattle, Appellant, Seattle City Light, a Washington municipal corporation; City of Bellevue, a Washington municipal corporation; King County, a Washington municipal corporation; and all Unknown Owners and Unknown Tenants, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed August 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Albert Talmadge , Sidney Charlotte Tribe , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, 2775 Harbor Avenue SW, Third Floor, Suite C, Seattle, WA 98126-2138, Russell S. King , Engel E. Lee , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2050, Seattle, WA 98104-7095, for Appellants.

Gwindolyn Denice Tokunaga , Summit Law Group PLLC, 315 5th Avenue S, Suite 1000, Seattle, WA 98104-2682, Cheryl Ann Zakrzewski , City of Bellevue, P.O. Box 90012, 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98009-9012, Eric A. Lindberg , David Benjamin Edwards , Emily J Harris , Corr Cronin LLP, 1001 4th Avenue, Suite 3900, Seattle, WA 98154-1051, Jessica Anne Skelton , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101-3404, Jenifer C. Merkel , King County Prosecutor's Office — Civil, 516 3rd Avenue, Room W400, Seattle, WA 98104-2388, Courtney L. Seim , Summit Law Group PLLC, 315 5th Avenue S, Suite 1000, Seattle, WA 98104-2682, P. Stephen DiJulio , Adrian Urquhart Winder , Foster Pepper PLLC, 1111 3rd Avenue, Suite 3000, Seattle, WA 98101-3292, Jeffrey August Beaver , Connor Michael O'Brien , Jacqualyne Jean Walker , Estera Felice Gordon , Emily Raymond Krisher , Miller Nash Graham & Dunn PC, 2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300, Pier 70, Seattle, WA98121-1128, Marisa L. Veiling , Larry John Smith , Desmond Leoron Brown , Sound Transit, 401 S. Jackson Street, Seattle, WA 98104-2826, John Paul Turner , Rodgers Deutsch & Turner, 3 Lake Bellevue Drive, Suite 100, Bellevue, WA 98005-2440, Jordan M. Hecker , Attorney at Law, 321 1st Avenue W, Seattle, WA 98119-4103, Abraham K. Lorber , Lane Powell PC, 1420 5th Avenue, Suite 4200, Seattle, WA 98101-2375, for Respondents.

Jenifer C. Merkel , King County Prosecutor's Office — Civil, 516 3rd Avenue, Room W400, Seattle, WA 98104-2388, for King County.

John J. Houlihan Jr. , Andrew L. Zabel , Donya Williamson Bums , Houlihan Law, 100 N. 35th Street, Seattle, WA 98103-8606, for Stemoff L.P.

Erik K. Wahlquist , Chelan County PUD, P.O. Box 1231, Wenatehee, WA 98807-1231, for Amicus Curiae (Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County).

Anne Louise Spangler , Snohomish County Public Utility District, P.O. Box 1107, Everett, WA 98206-1107, for Amicus Curiae (Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County).


¶ 1 These four consolidated cases present the same question: May Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) condemn the city of Seattle's electrical transmission line easements located in the city of Bellevue to extend Sound Transit's regional light rail system? For the following reasons, we affirm the trial...

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