KING COUNTY, a political subdivision of the state of Washington, Respondent,
v.
FRIENDS OF SAMMAMISH VALLEY, a Washington nonprofit corporation; and Futurewise, Petitioners,
A Farm in the Sammamish Valley LLC; Marshall Leroy d/b/a Alki Market Garden; Eunomia Farms, LLC; Olympic Nursery Inc.; C-T Corp.; Roots of Our Times Cooperative; Regeneration Farm LLC; Hollywood Hills Association; Terry and David R. Orkiolla; and Judith Allen, Defendants.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 21, 2024.
Filed September 19, 2024.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Peter J. Eglick, Joshua Adam Whited, Eglick & Whited PLLC, 1000 2nd Ave. Ste. 3130, Seattle, WA, 98104-1046, Tim Trohimovich, Futurewise, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 2200, Seattle, WA, 98101-3047, for Petitioner.
Cristy J. Craig, Lena Madden, King County Pros. Attorney's Office, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 600, Seattle, WA, 98104-7108, for Respondent.
Joseph Anthony Rehberger, Cascadia Law Group PLLC, 606 Columbia St. NW Ste. 212, Olympia, WA, 98501-1093, Louis Anders Russell, Attorney at Law, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 320, Seattle, WA, 98101-3075, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Western Washington Agricultural Association.
Jeffrey M. Eustis, Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Eustis, PLLC, 6042 29th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA, 98115-7202, William Scherer Bailey, University of Washington School of Law, 4223 NE Campus Parkway, Seattle, WA, 98195-3020, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Susan Boundy-Sanders, Paula Waters.
Philip Albert Talmadge, Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave. SW Third Floor Ste. C, Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Agricultural Organizations.
Meredith Crafton, Smith & Lowney, PLLC, 2317 E. John St., Seattle, WA, 98112-5412, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Sierra Club.
Adam J. Berger, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, 401 Union Street, Suite 3400, Seattle, WA, 98101, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Orca Conservancy.
Jeffrey M. Eustis, Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Eustis, PLLC, 6042 29th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA, 98115-7202, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Black Farmers Collective.
JOHNSON, J.
¶1 This case concerns King County Ordinance 19030 (Ordinance or Ordinance 19030), which altered zoning and business licensing regulations for wineries, breweries, and distilleries (WBDs), and accompanying tasting rooms, within land designated as agricultural and rural under the King County comprehensive plan. The issue presented...
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