CITY OF SEATTLE v. LONG

No. 78230-4-I.

463 P.3d 135 (2020)

CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. Steven Gregory LONG, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED May 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erica Franklin , Brian Guenther Maxey , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 2050, Columbia Ctr, Seattle, WA, 98104-7095, Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr. , K&L Gates, LLP, 925 4th Ave. Ste. 2900, Seattle, WA, 98104-1158, for Petitioner.

James Elliot Lobsenz , Carney Badley Spellman, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 3600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7010, Alison Sophia Bilow , Kimberlee L. Gunning , Columbia Legal Services, 101 Yesler Way Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98104-2528, for Respondent.

Daniel G. Lloyd , Vancouver City Attorney's Office, Po Box 1995, 415 W. 6th St., Vancouver, WA, 98668-1995, Duncan McGehee Greene , Sophia E. Amberson , Van Ness Feldman, LLP, 719 2nd Ave. Ste. 1150, Seattle, WA, 98104-1700, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Matthew J. Segal , Pacifica Law Group, LLP, 1191 2nd Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of International Municipal Lawyers Association.

Elena Luisa Garella , Logerfo GARELLA, PLLC, 605 1st Ave. Ste. 250, Seattle, WA, 98104-2218, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Law Center On Homeless & Poverty.

Athan Emmanuel Tramountanas , Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC, 901 5th Ave. Ste. 3500, Seattle, WA, 98164-2059, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Ballard Chamber of Commerce.

Dainen N. Penta , Attorney at Law, 35 W. Main Ave. Ste. 300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0119, Denisa Buljubasic , Ashby Law, 220 W. Main Ave., Spokane, WA, 99201-0112, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of The Center for Justice.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 The Washington State Constitution mandates that the legislature protect portions of homesteads from forced sale. Accordingly, over a century ago, Washington passed its first homestead law. And over 25 years ago, our state legislature expanded homestead protection to "personal property that the owner uses...

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