Advocates for Responsible Development v. Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board

¶1 In a challenge to a county’s land use ordinances by a nonprofit association, the Court of Appeals held that the association’s president did not have personal *579participation standing to appeal the ordinances to the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board and that he could not represent the association before the courts as a layperson. Finding frivolous the argument that the president could represent the organization in court, the Court of Appeals imposed sanctions. The president and the association petitioned for this court’s review, challenging the sanctions. We grant the…