Landmark Development, Inc. v. City of Roy

— This case requires us to decide whether a municipality, in setting and applying water connection charges authorized under RCW 35.92.025, is liable to a developer for damages under RCW 64.40.020(1), RCW 35.92.010, or 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1988. Specifically, we must resolve whether a municipality, in determining its water system users’ equitable share of the system’s cost via the computation of water charges authorized under RCW 35.92.025, must deduct grants and donations used for improving the water system. We are also asked to decide whether a municipality may charge a different…