Here are the City of Seattle’s high-profile court cases.
Active cases
Petition to recall Councilmember Sawant
- Statement of charges submitted to King County Prosecutor
- Petition as submitted to King County Superior Court
- Order setting briefing and hearing schedule
- Brief of petitioner
- Brief in opposition
- Order certifying petition (in part)
- Petitioner’s proposed modifications to ballot synopsis
- Councilmember Sawant’s proposed modifications to ballot synopsis
- Order on ballot synopsis
- Motion for reconsideration
- Order denying motion for reconsideration
- Notice of appeal to state Supreme Court
- Letter from Supreme Court
Crowd control weapons/protests
Black Lives Matter vs City of Seattle
- Complaint, U.S. District Court for Western Washington, 2:20-cv-887
- Motion for temporary restraining order with proposed TRO, 6-9-20
- Response by defendant, with counter-proposed TRO 6-11-20
- Plaintiffs’ amended proposed order for TRO
- Order on motion for TRO 6-12-20
- Stipulated order entering a preliminary injunction 6-17-20
- Answer to complaint 6-30-20
- Joint status report 7-14-20
- Motion for order to show cause why City of Seattle should not be held in contempt, with proposed order 7-27-20
- Response with proposed order 7-29-20
- Order setting hearing on motion for order to show cause 7-30-20
- Reply by BLM 7-30-20
- Order setting evidentiary hearing and pre-hearing deadlines 7-31-20
- Joint statement on procedural matters 8-4-20
- Stipulated motion for clarification of preliminary injunction 8-10-20
- Order granting stipulated clarification of preliminary injunction 8-10-20
- Motion for contempt with proposed order 9-30-20
- Response 10-2-20
- Hearing set for 10/14/20 10am
- Joint status report 10-19-20
- Hearing 10-20-20; oral arguments in contempt proceeding scheduled for 11-18-20
Benton at al vs. City of Seattle
- Complaint 8-3-20, U.S. District Court for Western Washington, 2:20-cv-1174
- Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, 8-4-20
- Response by city of Seattle, 8-5-20
- Reply by plaintiffs, 8-6-20
- Order denying motion for TRO, 8-10-20
- Motion for reconsideration by plaintiffs 8-17-20
- Order denying motion for reconsideration 8-18-20
- Joint status report and discovery plan 9-2-20
- Order setting trial schedule and other dates 9-10-20
- Motion to amend complaint 9-29-20
- Motion for preliminary injunction 9-29-20
- Response to motion to amend complaint 10-13-20
Hunters Capital et al vs. City of Seattle
- Complaint 6-24-20 U.S. District Court case 2:20-cv-983
- Amended complaint — class action 7-10-20
- Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and deny class certification 7-23-20
- Response to motion 8-17-20
- Reply 8-21-20
- Defendant’s motion for a stay of discovery with proposed order 9-10-20
- Response to motion for stay of discovery 9-21-20
- Reply 9-25-20
- Joint status report 9-28-20
Eviction moratorium challenges
Eviction moratorium challenge — El Papel et al vs. Jay Inslee, Jenny Durkan, and City of Seattle
- Complaint 9-3-20 US District Court 2:20-cv-1323
- Motion for preliminary injunction 9-21-20
- Notice of pendency of other action 10-20-20
- Response from City of Seattle 10-14-20
- Response from Governor 10-14-20
Eviction moratorium challenge — RHAWA vs. City of Seattle
Firearms ban challenge — Young vs. City of Seattle
- Removal from King County Superior Court to U.S. District Court case 2:20-cv-979
- Complaint 6-24-20
- Joint status report 8-18-20
- Motion for judgment on the pleadings 9-30-20
Fair Chance Housing — Yim, Rental Housing Association vs. City of Seattle
- Originally filed in King County Superior Court (18-2-11073-4), removed to US District Court case 2:18-cv-736
- Complaint
- Answer to complaint
- Proposed order setting accelerated schedule for motions for summary judgement.
- Order establishing case schedule. Stipulated record due August 31, plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment due September 28, city’s response and cross-motion due October 26.
- motion to intervene by Tenants Union and Pioneer Human Services
- Order denying motion to intervene
- Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment 9-28-18
- City cross-motion for summary judgment 10-26-18
- Amicus brief by Tenants Union and Pioneer Human Services
- Amicus brief by Korematsu Center
- City motion to certify question to state Supreme Court 1-11-19
- Order certifying question to state Supreme Court 2-5-19
- State Supreme Court case 96817-9
- Appellant’s opening brief
- Appellee’s response brief
- Appellant’s reply brief
- Oral argument heard 6-11-19
- Ruling that the standard of review is “rational basis” 11-14-19
- (back in federal court) supplemental brief by plaintiffs March 2020
- Response by City of Seattle April 2020
- Reply by plaintiffs May 2020
- Motion for leave to file Amicus brief May 2020
- Order denying amicus brief 6-9-20
- City supplemental reply brief on substantive due process claim 5-22-20
Washington Food Assn. & Instacart vs. City of Seattle — Premium pay for food delivery “gig workers”
- Complaint 6-26-20 King County Superior court case 20-2-10541-4
- Motion to dismiss 8-5-20
- Motion to delay discovery until after ruling on motion to dismiss 8-20-20
- Opposition to motion to delay discovery 8-31-20
- Amended complaint 9-2-20
- Order granting delay of discovery 9-4-20
- Motion to dismiss based on amended complaint 9-25-20
- Hearing on motion to dismiss scheduled for November 13, 2020 10am
U.S. Department of Justice vs. City of Seattle
- U.S. District Court case 2:12-cv-1282-JLR
- DOJ web site for case, including legal filings, police monitor compliance reports, and other documents
- Complaint
- Settlement agreement
- Post on police monitor’s “use of force” report
- police monitor’s latest compliance report (9-8-2017)
- Post with latest update on police accountability legislation
- Post on appeals court ruling approving SPD’s “use of force” policy
- City’s motion to declare full and effective compliance with consent decree (9-29-17)
- DOJ’s response to motion to declare full and effective compliance
- CPC’s response to motion to declare full and effective compliance
- Order from judge requesting additional briefs on SPMA contract and Force Review Board’s findings on shooting of Charleena Lyles — briefs due 12/8
- Letter from City Attorney to judge on SPMA contract
- DOJ additional brief on SPMA contract and Lyles shooting
- CPC additional brief on SPMA contract and Lyles shooting
- City additional brief on SPMA contract and Lyles shooting
- Emergency motion to intervene by Lyles estate
- Brief by city opposing intervention by Lyles estate
- Order denying Lyles estate’s motion to intervene, and finding the city in “full and effective compliance”
- City’s proposed sustainment plan
- Letters from US Government and police monitor in support of sustainment plan
- Order approving sustainment plan
- City’s notice of final CBA with SPOG and proposed path forward 11-30-18
- Order to show cause why not to find the City out of compliance with the Consent Decree 12/3/18
- City’s response to order to show cause 12-17-18
- DRB opinion and briefs 12-17-18
- Motion for stay due to government shutdown 12-17-18
- DOJ response to order to show cause 2-13-19
- Order finding the city partially out of compliance 5-21-19
- Request for one-month extension to filing deadline 7-10-19 (granted 7-11-19)
- City’s proposed plan to assess accountability system and achieve compliance
- CPC’s response
- Order authorizing city to proceed with its proposed plan, submitting assessment results and plan by November 29th 10-15-19
- Assessmentof police accountability system January 2020
- CPC response to assessment
- Motion to terminate portions of the Consent Decree May 2020
- Withdrawal of motion to terminat portions of the Consent Decree June 2020
- Notice by City of Seattle of ordinance banning crowd-control weapons July 2020
- Order denying injunction on ordinance, ordering further briefings July 2020
- Motion by DOJ for temporary restraining order blocking implementation of ordinance 7-24-20
- Temporary restraining order 7-25-20
- Joint status report and request for extension of TRO 8-5-20
- Order granting extension 8-6-20
- Recommendations on crowd control weapons ban from OPA, OIG and CPC
- City’s request for time extension for response to recommendations 8-17-20
- Order granting time extension 8-19-20
- Order appointing new police monitor 9-8-20
- Final report from outgoing police monitor
- Motion to extend timeline 9-10-20
- Order granting extension 9-10-20
- Stipulated motion to convert TRO into preliminary injunction and incorporate future briefing into consent decree review process 10-1-20
- Order granting motion 10-1-20
Charleena Lyles wrongful death suit
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-23731-1
- Complaint (October 2017) listing City of Seattle and two police officers as defendants
- Amended complaint (December 2017) adding Solid Ground to list of defendants
- Order setting hearing date on officers’ motion to dismiss for February 23rd
- Order dismissing certain claims
- Motion to dismiss filed by Solid Ground
- Order continuing the case until January 14, 2019 and updating the case schedule
- Order dismissing Solid Ground from the case 4/20/18
- Order sealing certain documents related to Solid Ground 4/30/18
- Order dismissing claim of perjury
- Order granting sanctions against plaintiffs
- Motion to reconsider claim of perjury
- Notice of hearing on perjury claim scheduled for July 26, 2018
- Order rescheduling trial to May 20, 2019
- Notice of appeal of order granting sanctions. Court of Appeal Division I, case # 78819-1. Appellants’ brief due 12-11-18
- Hearing on defendants’ motion for summary judgment scheduled for January 4, 2019
- Order granting motion for summary judgment 1-4-19
- Appealed to state Court of Appeals, Case 79480-9.
- Appellant’s brief
- Appellant’s reply brief
- Pending oral arguments, which have been scheduled and rescheduled multiple times
Che Taylor wrongful death suit
- US District Court case 2:18-cv-262
- Complaint
- Amended complaint file 3-14-18
- Joint status report 6-1-18. Trial date set for October 2019.
- City of Seattle’s motion to dismiss some claims in the complaint filed 7-13-18, along with proposed order
- Plaintiffs’ response to motion to dismiss
- Defendants’ reply
- Order partially granting motion to dismiss 10-17-18
- Second amended complaint
- Order allowing filing of second amended complaint
- Defendants’ motion for partial dismissal 1-15-19
- Order partially granting (and mostly denying) motion for partial dismissal 4-9-19
- Update to trial schedule 4-9-19
City of Seattle vs. Purdue Pharma et al
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-25505-0
- Complaint and accompanying press release
- Removed to US District Court, case 2:17-cv-01577
- City’s motion to remand the case back to state courts
- Defendants’ opposition to remanding the case
- Defendants’ motion to stay the case pending consolidation into multi-district litigation case
- City’s opposition to staying the case
- Notice of developments in multi-district jurisdiction case
- conditional transfer order of Seattle case into multi-district jurisdiction case
- Filing by Seattle in opposition to conditional transfer order
- Order by multi-district litigation panel scheduling hearing (without oral argument) for January 25.
- Order by judge extending filing deadlines until after January 25th hearing and renoting decision on city’s motion to remand to February 2nd (after January 25th hearing on conditional transfer order)
- Order by multi-district litigation panel transferring the case to the Northern District of Ohio to be consolidated with other cases. Assigned to Judge Dan Polster.
- Case number 1:18-op-45089, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Ft. Lawton Environmental Impact Statement Appeal
- Hearing Examiner ruling 11-28-18
- Appeal filed in King County Superior Court 6-28-19
- Case #19-2-17187-1
- Removed to US District Court, case 2:19-cv-1105
- Plaintiff termination of counsel for cause 8-9-19
- Motion to withdraw as counsel 8-29-19
- Letter regarding plaintiffs’ counsel 8-14-19
- Notice of appearance for plaintiff 9-24-19
- Motion to join parties Seattle Public Schools and US Army 9-27-19
- Response to motion to join parties 10-11-19
- Reply to response 10-18-19
- Order granting motion to join SPS and US Army 11-14-19
- Notice of withdrawal as counsel for plaintiffs 12-6-19
- Response to motion to withdraw counsel 12-13-19
- Motion for modification to scheduling order 12-17-19
- Order on motion to modify scheduling order 1-31-20
- Order on motion to withdraw counsel 2-24-20
- Amended petition 2-10-20
- Joint status report 6-29-20
- Motion to dismiss Discovery Park Community Alliance for lack of counsel 6-29-20
- Motion to dismiss or set a deadline for proper service of the U.S. Army 6-29-20
- Affidavit of service 7-9-20
- Reply 7-24-20
- Order on motion to dismiss or set a deadline for proper service of US Army 7-28-20
- Order dismissing DPCA as plaintiff 7-28-20
- Declaration of Elizabeth Campbell 8-19-20
- Renewed motion to dismiss 8-20-20
- Order denying motion to dismiss 8-26-20
ACLU Homeless camp sweeps: Kitcheon vs City of Seattle (in state court)
- Complaint filed in King County Superior Court, case 19-2-25729-6 10/1/2019
- Motion to extend schedule
- Order extending schedule
- Trial scheduled for 3/29/2021
Closed cases
Petition for recall of Mayor Jenny Durkan
- Petition as submitted to King County Superior Court
- King County Prosecuting Attorney’s brief
- Petitioner’s brief
- Opposition brief by Mayor
- Petitioner’s objection to opposition
- Order of court certifying one charge as factually and legally sufficient
- Motion for reconsideration
- Response to motion for reconsideration
- Reply to response
- Order denying motion for reconsideration
- Appeal to state Supreme Court
- Notice of cross-appeal
- Motion to set expedited schedule
- Letter from court
- Response to motion to set expedited schedule
- Reply to response
- Order setting schedule
- Appellant’s brief
- Respondent’s response and cross-appeal brief
- Appellant’s reply brief
- Respondent’s reply brief
- Order reversing lower court and dismissing petition
SPD subpoena for local media companies’ footage of protests
- Subpoena as served on new media companies
- Objections to subpoena
- Opposition to objections
- Reply to opposition
- Minutes of hearing
- Order enforcing subpoena 7-31-20
- Notice of appeal to state Supreme Court
- Statement of grounds for direct appeal
- Emergency motion to stay lower court order enforcing subpoena
- Order granting emergency stay
- Motion to dismiss appeal as moot
- Motion to dismiss as moot granted 10-2-20
Uber lawsuits
Uber (Rasier) vs. City of Seattle
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-00964-4
- Complaint — Plaintiff’s challenge to city’s rulemaking
- City’s response
- Order in favor of city
- Notice of appeal to Court of Appeals, Division I, case 766783
- Case stayed pending ruling on a related case
- Stay lifted 9/24/18
- Motion to dismiss 10/19/8
- Appeal dismissed 11/30/18
U.S. Chamber of Commerce vs. City of Seattle
- U.S. District Court case 2:17-cv-00370
- Complaint
- Case dismissed without prejudice and related post
- Re-filed complaint 3/10 and related post
- Preliminary injunction granted and related post
- Motion to dismiss by city
- Motion to dismiss granted 8/1 and related post
- Appeal to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case 17-35640
- CoC motion for emergency stay, City brief in opposition, CoC reply
- Emergency injunction granted and related post
- Permanent injunction granted and related post
- Chamber of Commerce brief
- Amicus brief from DOJ/FTC
- Amicus brief from trade associations
- Amicus brief from law professors
- City’s response brief
- Oral arguments scheduled for 2/5/18, 9:00am
- Appeals court opinion, finding partly for the plaintiffs and partly for the city, and remanding the case for further proceedings
- City of Seattle’s petition for rehearing appeal en banc
- Order denying en banc rehearing 9-14-18
- District court joint status report 10-26-18
- Stipulated order suspending the briefing schedule until the City Council amends the Uber legislation, with a status report by January 15
- Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment 2-15-19
- Defendant’s response/cross-motion for discovery 3-22-19
- Plaintiff’s response 4-12-19
- Defendant’s reply 4-25-19
- Order granting motion for discovery/renoting motion for summary judgment for November 2019 6-4-19
- Motion for summary judgment re-noted for February 7, 2020
- Order granting City of Seattle right to discovery March 2020
- Notice by Chamber of Commerce that it cannot produce documents on behalf of Uber and Lyft April 2020
- Order dismissing the case after parties settle April 2020
Uber drivers vs. City of Seattle
- U.S. District Court case 2:17-cv-00382
- Complaint and related post
- City’s motion to dismiss, plaintiffs’ brief in opposition, city’s reply
- Order granting motion to dismiss
- Notice of appeal to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case 17-35693
- Appeal schedule
- Uber drivers opening brief
- City’s response brief
- Appellant’s reply brief
- Amicus brief by Pacific Legal Foundation
- Oral arguments held on 2/5/18, 9:00am (video)
- Letter to court from appellants citing US Supreme Court Janus decision
- Response from city re: Janus decision citation
- Appeals court ruling affirming dismissal as unripe for adjudication
Rent-bidding web sites
Rentberry vs. City of Seattle
- U.S. District Court case 2:18-cv-743
- Complaint
- City’s answer to complaint 6/25/18
- Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction 6/25/18
- Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction terminated on 7/27/18, in favor of a mutually agreed schedule for cross-motions for summary judgment.
- Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment
- City’s cross-motion for summary judgment
- City’s reply
- Plaintiffs’ response
- Notice to Court that Yim “first in time” case has been accepted by the state Supreme Court
- Order granting City’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing the case.
- Notice of appeal to the 9th circuit by Rentberry, case # 19-35308
- Opening brief and supplemental materials
- Answering brief
- Reply brief
- City Council repeals moratorium on rent-bidding platforms March 2020
- Motion by Rentberry for supplemental briefing on mootness April 2020
- Order granting motion for supplemental briefing April 2020
- Appeals court order finding the case is moot, ordering lower court to dismiss it 7-30-20
- Order dismissing the case 8-24-20
Sanctuary city
City of Seattle vs Trump, et al
- U.S. District Court case 2:17-cv-00497
- Complaint filed by City of Seattle and related post
- Memo by Attorney General interpreting executive order and related posts here and here
- Motion to dismiss by US government and related post
- Response by City of Seattle to motion to dismiss
- Reply by US Government to city’s response
- Order denying motion to dismiss
- Case stayed until similar case in Northern California is resolved
- Order and judgment finding for the City of Seattle 10-24-18
Homeless sweeps
ACLU vs City of Seattle
- U.S. District Court case 2:17-cv-00077
- Complaint by ACLU and related post
- ACLU’s motion for a temporary restraining order and related post
- City’s response to motion for TRO
- Order denying temporary restraining order and related post
- motion to certify class
- Amended complaint
- City’s response
- WSDOT’s response
- Amended complaint #2
- Motion for preliminary injunction
- City’s opposition to preliminary injunction
- Order denying ACLU’s motion to certify a class or plaintiffs and denying temporary restraining order
- ACLU petition with 9th Circuit court of Appeals for permission to appeal . Case 17-80214
- Motion to stay district court case pending appeal
- Order granting motion to stay case pending appeal
- Appeal scheduling order. Case 18-35053.
- Appellant opening brief
- Amicus curiae brief from Disability Rights Washington
- Amicus curiae brief from law professors
- Reply brief from City of Seattle
- Reply brief from WSDOT
- Oral argument set for February 4, 2019 video
- Appeals court decision affirming lower court decision denying class certification November 2019
- Motion for summary judgment by CIty of Seattle March 2020
- Motion to dismiss without prejudice by ACLU March 2020
- City response to motion to dismiss March 2020
- Plaintiffs’ reply 4-3-20
- Order dismissing and closing the case 6-11-20
Housing/Tenants Regulations
Landlords vs City of Seattle — First in Time Legislation
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-05595-6
- Complaint and related post
- Amended complaint
- Response by City of Seattle
- Motion by plaintiffs for summary judgment
- Order by judge setting case schedule
- City reply brief and motion for summary judgment
- Plaintiffs’ response to city brief
- RHA memo in support of plaintiffs
- City reply to plaintiffs’ response
- Hearing scheduled for 2/23/18.
- Summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs and city’s notice of appeal directly to state Supreme Court.
- Supreme Court accepted direct review, Case 95813-1
- Appellant’s opening brief
- Respondent’s brief
- Appellant’s reply brief
- Oral arguments heard 6-11-19
- Ruling finding the FIT ordinance is constitutional
RHA vs City of Seattle
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-13662-0
- Complaint
- City’s motion to reassign case to same judge as landlords case above
- RHA’s objection to reassigning the case
- Judge’s order denying reassignment
- Order granting summary judgment to City of Seattle 9/20/18
- Notice of appeal to Court of Appeals, Division I 10/16/18 Case 79093-5
- Voluntary motion to dismiss 12/12/18
- Appeal dismissed 12/21/18
Initiative 124 — Protections for Hotel Workers
American Hotel and Lodging Association, Seattle Hotel Association and Washington Hospitality Association vs. City of Seattle
- King County Superior Court case 16-2-30233-5
- Complaint
- Motions for summary judgment by plaintiffs and defendant
- Ruling in favor of City of Seattle (related post)
- Appeal by plaintiff directly to State Supreme Court, case 947279.
- Denial of direct appeal to Supreme Court; case sent to Court of Appeals
- Court of Appeals case 779184
- Opening brief
- Response brief by City of Seattle
- Response brief by Unite Here Local 8 and Seattle Protects Women
- Reply brief
- Oral argument heard 11/8/18, awaiting decision
- Ruling finding that Initiative 124 is unconstitutional in that it violated the “single subject” rule.
- Appealed to the state Supreme Court, case 96781-4
- Appellant’s opening brief
- Appellee’s response brief
- Appellant’s reply brief
- Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, oral arguments scheduled for 9-17-19
- Case mooted by City Council’s repeal of I-124 (and replacement with four separate bills)
Democracy Vouchers
Elster vs. City of Seattle
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-16501-8
- Complaint (related post)
- Motion to dismiss by city
- Order granting motion to dismiss
- Plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration and judge’s denial
- Notice of appeal
- Court of Appeals Division I case 778803
- Opening brief
- Response brief by City of Seattle
- Reply brief
- Amicus brief by Freedom Foundation and response by City of Seattle
- Amicus brief by Common Cause, Campaign Legal Center, and the Brennan Center
- Amicus brief by Washington CAN! et al
- Response brief by appellants to amicus briefs in in support of city
- Appeals court certified the issue directly to the state Supreme Court
- State Supreme Court accepts case, Case # 96660-5
- Oral argument scheduled for May 14
- Appellant’s opening brief
- Appellant’s reply brief
- Appellant’s supplemental brief
- Respondent’s response brief
- Respondent’s response to supplemental brief
- Ruling upholding the Democracy vouchers program 7-11-19
Income Tax
Kunath et al vs. City of Seattle
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-18848-4 (consolidated from several cases)
- Complaint and related post
- Case schedule
- City’s motion for summary judgment and accompanying press release (9/29/17)
- Responses to motion to dismiss (here, here and here) with cross-motion for summary judgment
- Amicus brief by Rental Housing Association of Washington
- Brief from Economic Opportunity Institute
- Brief from City of Seattle
- Brief from Kunath
- Brief from Economic Opportunity Institute (in support of city)
- Order consolidating Shock vs. City of Seattle into this case
- Hearing on motion to dismiss/cross-motion held November 17th (related post)
- Ruling in favor of plaintiffs
- Motion by Kunath plaintiff for sanctions against defendants for litigating a frivolous case
- Filing by other plaintiffs declining to join motion for sanctions
- Response to motion for sanctions by City of Seattle
- Response to motion for sanctions by Economic Opportunity Institute
- Notice of appeal directly to state Supreme Court. Case #95295-7
- Order denying motion for sanctions
- City of Seattle’s brief on grounds for direct appeal to Supreme Court
- EOI’s brief on grounds for direct appeal to Supreme Court
- Supreme Court denying direct appeal, referring case to Court of Appeals, Division 1. Case # 79447-7
- Briefs filed with Appeals Court can be found here
- Oral arguments scheduled for June 6, 2019
- Ruling finding the income tax to be unconstitutional 7-15-19
- City’s appeal to the state Supreme Court 11-15-19 Case # 97863-8
- Petition for review by Economic Opportunity Institute
- Order denying review filed 4-2-20
Safe Consumption Sites
Protect Public Health vs Freed et al
- Complaint
- King County Superior Court case 17-2-21919-3
- City of Seattle’s motion to intervene
- Order granting city’s motion to intervene
- City’s motion for declaratory judgment
- Order granting motion for declaratory judgment
- Notice of appeal directly to Washington Supreme Court, case 951349
- Supreme Court has accepted the case. Hearing set for 9/18/18.
- Appellant’s Brief
- Brief of Respondent City of Seattle
- Reply Brief Appellant’s
- Response Brief
- Ruling by Supreme Court, finding I-27 is outside scope of local initiative power
City-wide MHA Environmental Impact Statement Appeal to Hearing Examiner
- Notice of appeal
- Office of the Hearing Examiner case page
- Prehearing order
- Notice of hearing on April 16, 2018
- Order rescheduling the hearing to begin on June 25, 2018 and order with detailed prehearing schedule
- Hearing Examiner’s decision
- GMA Hearings Board ruling upholding the MHA
ADU/DADU Legislation Environmental Impact Statement Appeal to Hearing Examiner
- Notice of Appeal
- Office of the Hearing Examiner case page
- Hearing scheduled for March 25, 2019
- Hearing Examiner’s decision
Government Surveillance
Petition by The Stranger to stop the Court from indefinitely sealing surveillance warrants
- U.S. District Court case 2:17-mc-00145-RSL
- Petition
- Motion by US Attorneys to extend briefing schedule
- Order setting briefing schedule.
- Government’s response brief
- Order extending date for reply brief – due April 27.
- Reply brief.
- Order staying case for 60 days. Joint status report due August 7.
- Order extending stay until December 2017
- Joint status report, requesting stay until January 11, 2019.
- Stipulated motion to dismiss case 1-6-19
- Order dismissing case 1-17-19
Open Public Meetings Act
Egan vs. City of Seattle; West vs. City Council, City of Seattle, and individual Council members
- Egan: King County Superior Court case 18-2-14942-8
- West: King County Superior Court case 18-2-15000-1
- Egan complaint
- West complaint
- City’s answer and affirmative defense
- Cases consolidated into a single proceeding (18-2-14942-8)
- Motion by City of Seattle to dismiss the Egan case
- Order dismissing claims against Harrell
- Order dismissing claims against Bagshaw and O’Brien
- Order granting city summary judgment and dismissing the case 4-26-19
- Notice of appeal. State Court of Appeals case 79920-7
- Case settled 10-20-20