PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH v. FREED

No. 95134-9.

430 P.3d 640 (2018)

PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH and City of Seattle, Respondents, v. Joshua FREED and IMPACtion, Appellants, Citizens for a Safe King County, King County, and Julie Wise, in Her Official Capacity, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed December 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick/Tribe, 2775 Harbor Avenue SW, Third Floor, Suite C, Seattle, WA 98126-2138, Andrew Ryan Stokesbary, Stokesbary PLLC, 1003 ½ Main Street, Suite 5, Sumner, WA 98390-1444, Mark Christopher Lamb, The North Creek Law Firm, 12900 NE 180th Street, Suite 235, Bothell, WA 98011-5773, for Appellants.

Jennifer M. Stacy , King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 516 3rd Avenue, Room W400, Seattle, WA 98104-2388, Janine Elizabeth Joly , Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, 500 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-2337, for Defendants.

Michael K. Ryan , Carlton W. M. Sen , Jeffery Moss Slayton , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Avenue, Suite 2050, Seattle, WA 98104-7095, for Respondent Intervenor.

Claire Elizabeth Tonry , Eric D. "Knoir" Lowney , Smith & Lowney PLLC, 2317 E. John Street, Seattle, WA 98112-5412, for Respondent.

Theresa DeMonte , Claire Martirosian , McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, 600 University Street, Suite 2700, Seattle, WA 98101-3143, for Amiens Curiae.


¶ 1 This case involves the issue of whether a proposed initiative is beyond the scope of the local initiative power. Proposed Initiative 27 (I-27) would allow King County voters to decide whether to ban public funding for community health engagement location (CHEL) sites, colloquially known as safe injection sites, and to create...

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