City of Seattle v. Blume

Madsen J.

Petitioners, Bruce and Ann Stever Blume, filed a counterclaim for damages against the City for intentional interference with a business expectancy for the City’s alleged delays in processing their building permit. They appeal a Court of Appeals’ decision affirming the trial court’s dismissal of their counterclaim. We reverse and remand.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In February 1987, Bruce and Ann Stever Blume applied *246to the City of Seattle Department of Construction and Land Use (DCLU) for a Master Use Permit (MUP) to build an office/research facility known as “University Center Phase II”…