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BASS v. CITY OF EDMONDS

No. 99596-6.

508 P.3d 172 (2022)

Brett BASS, an individual; Curtis McCullough, an Individual; Swan Seaberg, an Individual; the Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., a Washington nonprofit Corporation; and National Rifle Association of America, Inc., a New York nonprofit Association, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF EDMONDS, a municipality; Edmonds Police Department, a department of the City of Edmonds, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: April 21, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica L. Goldman , Summit Law Group, 315 5th Ave. S. Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA, 98104-2682, Molly Thomas-Jensen , Eric Tirschwell , Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, 132 E. 43 St. # 657, New York, NY, 10017, for Plaintiffs.

Steven Walter Fogg , Eric A. Lindberg , Corr Cronin LLP, 1001 4th Ave. Ste. 3900, Seattle, WA, 98154-1051, for Defendants.

Jeremiah Miller , Fair Work Center & Working Washington, 116 Warren Ave. N. Ste. A, Seattle, WA, 98109-4977, Erica Franklin , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 2050, Columbia Ctr., Seattle, WA, 98104-7095, Derrick Anthony De Vera , Wash. State House of Representatives, P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, WA, 98504-0600, Daniel J. Dunne Jr. , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 5600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7045, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of City of Seattle.

Timothy J. Donaldson , Walla Walla City Attorney, 15 N. 3rd Ave., Walla Walla, WA, 99362-1859, Daniel J. Dunne Jr. , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 5600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7045, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of City of Walla Walla.

Mark Edward Barber , City of Olympia, 601 4th Ave E., P.O. Box 1967, Olympia, WA, 98507-1967, Daniel J. Dunne Jr. , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 5600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7045, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of City of Olympia.

Kevin Maitland Raymond , City of Kirkland, 123 5th Ave., Kirkland, WA, 98033-6189, Daniel J. Dunne Jr. , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 5600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7045, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of City of Kirkland.

Thomas John Tobin , Attorney at Law, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, Kristine Elizabeth Kruger , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3099, Jonathan Lowy , Christa Nicols , Brady, 840 First Street Ne Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20002, Roberta L. Horton , Lucy S. McMillan , John Cella , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, 601 Massachusetts Avenue Nw, Washington, DC, 20001, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Brady.

Gregory J. Wong , Attorney at Law, 3305 35th Ave. S., Seattle, WA, 98144-7003, Kai Andrew Smith , Attorney at Law, Pacifica Law Group, 1191 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA, 98101, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Gun Responsibility.

Jeffrey Burton Taraday , Lighthouse Law Group PLLC, 600 Stewart St. Ste. 400, Seattle, WA, 98101-1217, for Other Parties.

¶ 1 Under our system of divided government, many elected bodies hold legislative power, including elected city councils. These councils, however, must legislate within constitutional constraints. One of those constraints is that city ordinances must not "conflict with general laws" that have been enacted by the people of...

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