Legal Opinion
Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 2004No. Nos. 70090-7; 70499-6; 73589-1PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBridge, J.
In Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake, 145 Wn.2d 702, 42 P.3d 394 (2002) (Grant County I), this court held that the petition method of annexation affords an impermissible privilege to owners of highly valued land, and therefore violates article I, section 12 of the Washington State Constitution. Motions for reconsideration were filed by the cities of Moses Lake and Yakima. After review, we granted the motions and ordered a rehearing. For the rehearing, we consolidated City of Snoqualmie v. Washington State Boundary Review Board, No. 73589-1, with the two…
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