Lynden Transport, Inc. v. State

112 Wn.2d 115 (1989)

768 P.2d 475

LYNDEN TRANSPORT, INC., Respondent,

v.

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Appellants.

No. 54565-1.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 2, 1989.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Elsa Kircher Cole, Assistant, for appellant State.

William R. Squires III, Susan J. Woyna, and Davis, Wright & Jones, for appellant Pacific Coast Coal Co.

Bogle & Gates, Ronald T. Schaps, and Stephen A. Bernheim, for respondent.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

At issue is the constitutionality of RCW 39.24.020 which requires the State and specified subdivisions to purchase fuel which "shall…