Legal Opinion
Shouse v. Pierce County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1977No. 76-2790PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellants brought this civil rights action (42 U.S.C. § 1983) to challenge the constitutional validity of the formation of a Utility Local Improvement District (“Utility District”), created to provide a municipal sewer system, on the ground that the state statute, pursuant to which the Utility District was formed (R.C.W. 36.94.240), violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendments. The appellants sought to enjoin the appellees from financing and constructing the proposed sewer system. The case was initially heard by a three-judge district court. That court dismissed the'…
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