Satterlee v. Snohomish County

Schindler, J. —

This is an appeal of the summary judgment dismissal of a lawsuit to compel the State and Snohomish County to recognize Freedom County. The Washington Supreme Court in Cedar County Committee v. Munro1 held that the creation of a county is a matter within the discretion of the legislature and not something the legislature is under a mandatory duty to do upon presentation of petitions of the requisite number of voters of the proposed new county. Accordingly, based on this binding precedent, we affirm the trial court’s summary judgment dismissal of this action because creation of a…