State v. Hood

The Attorney General brought this action on behalf of the State Auditor, pursuant to RCW 43.09.330.1 The complaint sought damages allegedly resulting from certain procedures and activities of the defendants, as members of the Washington State Liquor Control Board (Board) in the years 1971 through May 1975, with respect to liquor samples furnished by manufacturers.2

After pretrial discovery was completed, and upon the pleadings and affidavits and other evidence then before the court, the defendants' motion for summary judgment was granted. The Superior Court explained its decision in a…