Legal Opinion

Keeting v. Public Utility District No. 1

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1957No. 34054PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOtt, J.

The plaintiff seeks, by this action, to enjoin the expenditure of certain funds of a public utility district, and a declaratory judgment determining chapter 281, Laws of 1953, p. 743, and chapter 258, Laws of 1955, p. 1046, to be unconstitutional and void in whole or in part. From a judgment denying the injunctive relief and declaring the acts and their severable sections to be constitutional, the plaintiff has appealed.

The appellant contends that chapter 258, Laws of 1955, violates Art. II, § 19, of the state constitution, in two particulars: (1) It embraces more than one subject, and (2)…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Gruen v. State Tax CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1949
  3. State Ex Rel. Lemon v. LanglieWashington Supreme Court · 1954
  4. State Ex Rel. Washington Toll Bridge Authority v. YelleWashington Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Senior Citizens League, Inc. v. Department of Social SecurityWashington Supreme Court · 1951

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Markham Advertising Co. v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Yelle v. BishopWashington Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Barry & Barry, Inc. v. Department of Motor VehiclesWashington Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Miller v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1963

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