CITY OF SEATTLE v. LONG

No. 98824-2.

493 P.3d 94 (2021)

CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. Steven Gregory LONG, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: August 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Elliot Lobsenz , Carney Badley Spellman, Alison Sophia Bilow , Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Erica Franklin , Seattle City Attorney's Office, Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr. , Aaron Edward Millstein, K&L Gates LLP, Seattle, WA, Michael Jordan Thompson , Attorney at Law, Polson, MT, for Respondent.

Thomas E. Weaver Jr. , Attorney at Law, Bremerton, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

William R. Maurer , Institute For Justice, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Institute for Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Oregon Law Center, Equal Justice Under Law, Policy Advocacy Clinic, MacArthur Justice Center.

William R. Maurer , Institute For Justice, Seattle, WA, Lisa Foster , Fines and Fees Justice Center, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Fines and Fees Justice Center.

Nancy Lynn Talner , Breanne Schuster , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Julia Mizutani , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Aclu of Washington.

Alexandria Marie Hohman , The Washington Defender Association, %09Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.

Ann Marie Logerfo , Logerfo Garella, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Interfaith Task Force On Homelessness.

Sara Rankin , Homeless Rights Advocacy Project, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Homeless Rights Advocacy Project.

Tristia Bauman , National Law Center on Homelessness, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Law Center On Homelessness and Poverty.

Kymberly Kathryn Evanson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of International Municipal Lawyers Association.

Kimberly Noel Gordon , Law Offices of Gordon & Saunders PLLC, Seattle, WA, Marsha L. Levick , Jessica Feierman , Lindsey E. Smith , Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Juvenile Law Center. African American Juvenile Justice Project, Center for Children and Youth Justice, Children and Family Justice Center, Civitas Childlaw Center, COAlition for Juvenile Justice, Justice Policy Institute, Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, National Center for Youth Law, National Juvenile Defender Center, National Juvenile Justice Network, Public Counsel, Teamchild, UC Berkeley School of Law Policy Advocacy Clinic, W. Haywood Burns Institute, Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice.

Todd Maybrown , Allen Hansen Maybrown & Offenbecher, PS, Seattle, WA, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Professor Alexes Phd Harris, Professor Mary Phd Pattillo.

Carrie Suzanne Graf , Northwest Justice Project, Olympia, WA, Scott Crain , Northwest Justice Project, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Justice Project.

Amanda Nicole Martin , Northwest Consumer Law Center, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Consumer Law Center.

Daniel G Lloyd , Vancouver City Attorney's for Office, Vancouver, WA, Duncan McGehee Greene , Van Ness Feldman LLP, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Prachi Vipinchandra Dave , Public Defender Association, Rebecca Charney Fish , Catherine A Bentley , Attorneys at Law, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Public Defender Association.

Toby James Marshall , Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, Leslie A. Bailey , Brian Hardingham , John He , Public Justice, PC, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Public Justice.

Mary B. McCord , Seth Wayne , Institute for Constitutional Advocacy, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.

Claudia Wilner , Linda Morris , Nat. Center for Law & Eco Justice, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Center for Law and Econimic Justice.

John W. Whitehead , Douglas R. McKusick , Rutherford Institute, Charlottesville, VA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Rutherford Institute.


¶1 Steven Gregory Long parked his truck on property owned by the city of Seattle for more than 72 hours, violating Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 11.72.440(B). For this civil infraction, a city-contracted towing company impounded Long's truck. Long contested the infraction and eventually agreed to a payment plan to reimburse the city...

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