END PRISON INDUS. COMPLEX v. KING COUNTY

No. 95307-4.

431 P.3d 998 (2018)

END PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, Respondent, v. KING COUNTY, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed December 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Hackett , Janine Elizabeth Joly , Thomas William Kuffel , King County Administration Building, 500 4th Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98104-2316, Paul J. Lawrence , Shae Blood, Kymberly Kathryn Evanson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101-3404, for Petitioner.

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

Devon Carroll Knowles , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Avenue, Suite 610, Seattle, WA 98101-1683, for Amicus Curiae (King County Taxpayers).

Reid Hay , Benton County Prosecutor's Office, 7122 W. Okanogan Place, Kennewick, WA 99336-2359, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys).

Daniel Brian Heid , Reynolds Burton , 1219 Cole Street, Enumclaw, WA 98022-2636, Josh Weiss , Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2100, Tacoma, WA 98402-4314, Erik J. Lamb , City of Spokane Valley, 10210 E. Sprague Avenue, Spokane, Valley WA 99206-3682, Alan L. Miles , Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office, 614 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366-4614, for Amici Curiae (Washington State Association of Counties, Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys).


¶ 1 End Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC) argues that the ballot title for a King County property tax increase lacked information required by former RCW 84.55.050 (2012).1 To resolve that dispute, the court must compare the ballot title to that measure it describes — King County Ordinance...

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