Legal Opinion
State v. Anderson
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 21, 1972No. 42296PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtUtter, J.
The state appeals a determination by the trial court that chapter 280 of the Laws of 1971, 1st Ex. Sess. is unconstitutional and void in its entirety and the court’s dismissal of the state’s information based on a portion of that statute.
It is the state’s contention that although a portion of chapter 280 relating to bingo may be void, the portions relating to professional gambling are separable and the elimination of the invalid part of the act would not render the remainder of the act incapable of accomplishing the purposes of the legislature. We conclude the act is separable, and reverse…
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