Budget Rent a Car Corp. v. STATE, DOL

31 P.3d 1174 (2001)

BUDGET RENT A CAR CORPORATION, Respondent,

v.

STATE of Washington, DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, Petitioner.

No. 70000-1.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued March 22, 2001.

Decided October 4, 2001.

Christine Gregoire, Atty. Gen., James T. Schmid, Asst., for Petitioner.

Summit Law Group, Michael Edward Kipling, Stokes, Lawrence, Stacie Foster, Seattle, for Respondent.

MADSEN, J.

In 1988, Washington became a member of the International Registration Plan (IRP), chapter 46.87 RCW, an interstate compact that allows rental car companies to register a proportional number of their…