GONZALES v. INSLEE

No. 100992-5.

535 P.3d 864 (2023)

Gene GONZALES and Susan Gonzales, Horwath Family Two, LLC, and The Washington Landlord Association, Petitioners, v. Governor Jay INSLEE and State of Washington, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed September 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Stephens , Stephens & Klinge LLP, 10900 Ne 4th St. Ste. 2300, Bellevue, WA, for Petitioners.

Brian Hunt Rowe , Attorney at Law, Cristina Marie Hwang Sepe , WA State Office of the Attorney General, 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, Jeffrey Todd Even , Washington State Legislature P. O. Box 40500, Olympia, WA, for Respondents.

Sam Spiegelman , Attorney at Law, 4107 3rd Ave. Nw, Seattle, WA, Brian Trevor Hodges , Pacific Legal Foundation, 555 Capitol Mall Ste. 1290, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Roger D. Wynne , Jeffrey S. Weber , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 2050, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of City of Seattle.

Jackson Wilder Maynard Jr. , Building Industry Association of Wash., 300 Deschutes Way Sw Ste. 300, Tumwater, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Citizen Action Defense Fund.

Victoria Elizabeth Ainsworth , Corr Cronin LLP, 1015 2nd Ave., Floor 10 Seattle, WA, Edmund Robert Witter , Attorney at Law, Yuan Ting , King County Bar Association, 1200 5th Ave Ste. 700, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Bar Association Housing Justice Project.

Paul J. Lawrence , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, Rachel L. Fried , Democracy Forward Foundation, P. O. Box 34553, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Appleseed Foundation, Alliance for Justice, Western Center On Law and Poverty.

Christopher Daniel Cutting , Cutting Law Office PC, 811 1st Ave. Ste. 530, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Rental Housing Association of Washington.


¶1 The COVID-19 pandemic was a worldwide emergency. COVID-19 killed millions of people, destroyed livelihoods, and is still having profound effects. As it spread throughout the nation, governors and federal officials responded under their emergency powers to save lives and livelihoods.

¶2 Our governor has enhanced...

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