City of Tukwila v. City of Seattle

Seattle and Tukwila, as old friends are wont to do, had a falling out. Tukwila enacted two ordinances reducing 85 to 90 per cent the franchised area served by Seattle City Light, thereby leaving Seattle City Light with 10 to 15 per cent of the area and Puget Sound Power & Light Company with 85 to 90 per cent. Seattle claims this to be a unilateral, unconstitutional impairment of its franchise and appeals the decision of the superior court upholding the ordinances. We would have an easier time of it were the record not so replete with nostalgic but diverting references to the growth and…