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KING COUNTY v. ABERNATHY

No. 101075-3.

541 P.3d 983 (2024)

Certification from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington KING COUNTY, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ABERNATHY; Gina M. Abernathy; Scott C. Baisch; Jennifer C. Baisch; Warren Beres; Vicki Beres; Jody J. Brewster; Andrew J. Faraci; Allisa E. Faraci; Patricia J. Harrell; 2263 E Lake Sammamish PL Sammamish LLC; Michael Parrott; and Diana Parrott, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, EN BANC.

Filed January 25, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Hackett , King County Executive Department, 401 5th Ave. Ste. 800, Seattle, WA, 98104-2391, Emily J. Harris , Corr Cronin LLP, 1015 Second Avenue, Floor 10, Seattle, WA, 98104-1001, Elisa Jean Wood , King County Pros. Attorney's Office, 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600, Seattle, WA, 98104, for Plaintiff.

Jonathan David Tebbs , Randall P. Olsen , Stephen P. Vanderhoef , Cairncross & Hempelmann PS, 524 2nd Ave. Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98104-2323, Maxwell Christopher Burke , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 2050, Seattle, WA, 98104-7095, Richard M. Stephens , Stephens & Klinge LLP, 10900 Ne 4th St. Ste. 2300, Bellevue, WA, 98004-5882, Clayton Paul Graham , James E. Howard , Walker Clinton Stanovsky , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 920 5th Ave. Ste. 3300, Seattle, WA, 98104-1610, for Defendants.

Joseph Vincent Panesko, Liberty Waters, Wash. Attorney General's Office, P. O. Box 40100, 1125 Washington St. Se, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Dept. of Natural Resources.

Duncan McGehee Greene, Charlene Koski, Van Ness Feldman LLP, 1191 2nd Ave. Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA, 98101-2996, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers.

¶1 Ownership over shorelands is an essential aspect of state sovereignty. As with water rights in the state of Washington, shoreland ownership has been subject to much litigation and legislation since statehood. When Washington became a state in 1889, it specifically addressed its special interest in shoreland. See...

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