Legal Opinion
Cent. Puget Sound Reg'l Transit Auth. v. WR-Sri 120th N. LLC
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 2018No. 94255-2; consol. with No. 94406-7; No. 94530-6; No. 95148-9PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWiggins, J.
¶ 1 These four consolidated cases present the same question: May Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) condemn the city of Seattle's electrical transmission line easements located in the city of Bellevue to extend Sound Transit's regional light rail system? For the following reasons, we affirm the trial courts in part and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. We hold that Sound Transit has statutory authority to condemn Seattle's easements and that the condemnation meets public use and necessity requirements. However, we remand the cases to the…
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