Citizens Interested in the Transfusion of Yesteryear v. Board of Regents of the University of Washington

Finley, J

This case is before the court on a writ of certiorari. It was granted to review an order of the King County Superior Court which denied a motion by the Board of Regents of the University of Washington to dismiss this lawsuit.

The dispositive issue is whether the plaintiffs have commenced, i.e., established, a viable lawsuit protesting, under the provisions of the State Environmental Policy Act of 1971 (SEPA), 1 certain actions of defendants, the Board of Regents of the University of Washington, the unnamed individual members thereof, the City of Seattle, and Mr. Alfred Petty,…