Legal Opinion
Fahn v. Cowlitz County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 1981No. 45842PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is a direct appeal by the Cowlitz County Civil Service Commission from a summary judgment based on the commission's violation of an administrative regulation promulgated by the Washington State Human Rights Commission. The Civil Service Commission challenges both the validity of the regulation and the trial court's award of damages and attorney fees to respondents Michael L. Fahn and Day D. Parkhill. We find a portion of the regulation to fall outside the delegated authority of the Human Rights Commission and therefore reverse the trial court's order of summary judgment and the award of…
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