Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Port of Seattle v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 4, 1916No. 13798PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Certiorari to review an order of the superior court for King county, Edward H. Wright, J., entered October 18, 1916, enjoining the expenditure of funds of the port commission for political purposes, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.

This is a proceeding to review an order of the lower court granting an injunction in the case of C. O. Qualheim, Plaintiff, v. The Port of Seattle and Robert Bridges, C. E. Remsberg and Carl A. Ewald, as port commissioners of the Port of Seattle, Defendants.

The plaintiff in that case alleged that the legislature, in 1915, enacted a law amending the port district act of this state, being chapter 46 of the laws of that year. Laws 1915, p. 148 (Rem. 1915 Code, § 8165-15 et seq.). This amendment increased the number of port commissioners, and limited the bonded indebtedness of port districts of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Barnes v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. City of Coldwater v. TuckerMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Farwell v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Minot v. Inhabitants of West RoxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  5. Coolidge v. Inhabitants of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Stanson v. MottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Port of Seattle v. International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's UnionWashington Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Mountain States Legal Foundation v. Denver School District 1District Court, D. Colorado · 1978
  4. Christie v. the Port of OlympiaWashington Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Sims v. MoeurArizona Supreme Court · 1933

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