Samuel's Furniture, Inc. v. Department of Ecology

— Petitioners Samuel’s Furniture, Inc., and Jaffa Holdings, Inc. (Samuel’s) seek reversal of a Court of Appeals opinion in favor of the Department of Ecology (Ecology). Samuel’s contends that Ecology was required to appeal the City of Ferndale’s (City) decision to issue fill and grade and building permits and to rescind a stop work order because Samuel’s proposed construction project was not within the shoreline jurisdiction of the Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (SMA), chapter 90.58 RCW, under the rules established by the Land Use Petition Act (LUPA), *444chapter 36.70C RCW. The Court of…