Legal Opinion

City of Sumner v. First Baptist Church of Sumner

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 4, 1982No. 47096-1Published

1Opinion of the Court

97 Wn.2d 1 (1982)

639 P.2d 1358

THE CITY OF SUMNER, Respondent,

v.

THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SUMNER, ET AL, Appellants.

No. 47096-1.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 4, 1982.

David Gibbs, Robert L. Gunter, and Charles E. Craze, for appellants.

Mann, King, Bingham, Scraggin, Manger & Pemberton and Gordon A. Scraggin, for respondent.

Fredric C. Tausend and David E. Engdahl, amici curiae.

This cause, certified here by the Court of Appeals, presents a conflict between the power of the State to require conformance to zoning and building code regulations on the part of a private,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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