Western Telepage, Inc. v. City of Tacoma

998 P.2d 884 (2000)

140 Wash.2d 599

WESTERN TELEPAGE, INC. d/b/a AT & T Wireless Services, Appellant,

v.

CITY OF TACOMA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCING, Respondent.

No. 68028-1.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Argued March 1, 2000.

Decided May 11, 2000.

Lane, Powell, Spears & Lubersky, George Carl Mastrodonato, Olympia amicus curiae on behalf of Association of Washington Businesses.

Davis, Wright & Tremaine, D. Bruce Lamka, Dirk Jay Giseburt, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Harding Thomas Roe, Assistant Tacoma City Attorney, Tacoma, for Respondent.

TALMADGE, J.

We must decide in this case if the City of Tacoma's (Tacoma)…