City of Seattle v. Klein

166 P.3d 1149 (2007)

CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner,

v.

Stephen KLEIN, Respondent.

City of Seattle, Petitioner,

v.

Melissa Deibert, Respondent.

No. 79973-3.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Argued June 28, 2007.

Decided September 13, 2007.

Richard Edward Greene, Seattle City Attorney Public & Community, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Christine Anne Jackson, Public Defender, Seattle, for Respondents.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 The "right to appeal in all cases" is expressly guaranteed by our Washington Constitution. WASH. CONST. art. I, § 22.[1] The only means by which such an individual constitutional right in Washington may…