Spokoiny v. Washington State Youth Soccer Ass'n

¶1 Appellant Larry Spokoiny, a soccer coach, sought a restraining order when the Washington State Youth Soccer Association (Association) suspended him for five years for his conduct during a tournament game. Spokoiny’s reliance on the bylaws of the Association as the basis for his litigation confirmed the contractual nature of his relationship to the Association. Because Spokoiny did not exhaust the Association’s appeal procedures as the bylaws require, the trial court properly enforced, as a form of contract, the bylaw requiring payment of the Association’s attorney fees by a member who…