Legal Opinion
Whatcom County v. City of Bellingham
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 1996No. 63199-9PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTalmadge, J.
— The City of Bellingham (City) appeals from a partial summary judgment requiring it to arbitrate the amount it must reimburse Whatcom County (County) for certain costs which were shifted to the County after the City’s 1980 repeal of the vast majority of Title 10 of the Bellingham Municipal Code, the portion of its municipal code which defined crimes.
RCW 3.50.800 forbids cities which have enacted a municipal criminal code and enforced such a criminal code in their municipal courts from repealing such code "in its entirety” prior to July 1, 1984, so as to impose additional criminal justice…
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