Legal Opinion
Towle v. Department of Fish & Wildlife
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 19, 1999No. 22779-7-IIPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
— C.M. Towle appeals denial of a permanent Class A Dungeness crab fishing license for his boat the Hot Shot. Five months after an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued an initial order granting Towle the Class A license based on “extenuating circumstances,” the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department), sua sponte, reopened the record and denied the Class A license because during one qualifying season the Hot Shot had made one landing less than the number required by a later enacted statute. Towle appealed and the superior court affirmed.
Towle now appeals to this court,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Hamel v. Employment Security DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
- Gaines v. Department of Labor & IndustriesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1969
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- City of Vancouver v. Public Employment Relations CommissionCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2001
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