WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL v. CITY OF SPOKANE

No. 100676-4.

520 P.3d 991 (2022)

WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL OF COUNTY AND CITY EMPLOYEES, AFSCME Council 2, and Local 270 thereof, Respondents, v. CITY OF SPOKANE, a Washington municipal corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed December 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse Lee Taylor , Attorney at Law, Jessica L. Goldman , Elizabeth Rose Butler Kennar , Summit Law Group, 315 5th Ave. S. Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA, 98104-2682, for Appellant.

Philip Albert Talmadge , Aaron Paul Orheim , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave. Sw., Third Floor Ste. C., Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, for Respondents.

Danielle Elizabeth Franco-Malone , Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, 18 W., Mercer. St. Ste. 400, Seattle, WA, 98119-3971, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Professional & Technical Employees Local 17, Washington Federation of State Employees, Washington Federation of State Employees.

Suzanne Marie Liabraaten , Washington Attorney General's Office, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw., P.O. Box 40126, Olympia, WA, 98504-0126, Peter B. Gonick , Washington Attorney General's Office, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Amicus Curiae on behalf of State of Washington.

Steven Joseph Bladek , Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA, 98201-4046, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Snohomish County.

Caleb Jon Fan Vandenbos , Vandenbos Law, P.O. Box 831, Chehalis, WA, 98532-0831, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Lincoln County.


¶1 This case asks whether a municipal ordinance, requiring that all collective bargaining between the city and union representatives be conducted in a manner that is open to the public, is preempted by state law and unconstitutional under article XI, section 11 of the Washington State Constitution. The trial court ruled that section...

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