Legal Opinion
Juanita Bay Valley Community Ass'n v. City of Kirkland
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 4, 1973No. 1955-1PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSwanson, C.J.
— Does the State Environmental Policy Act of 1971 (SEPA) (RCW 43.21C) require branches of state government, specifically municipalities, to exercise legislative discretion with reference to the issuance of land use permits otherwise available as a matter of right in order to assist in the implementation of the state’s environmental policy? We hold that it does.
This is an appeal by a group of property owners, as individuals and as an organization called the Juanita Bay Valley Community Association (Association),1 from the trial court’s denial of their application for a writ of mandamus and…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by64 opinions
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