Principal Law:

Washington State Constitution

10 Cases found

Conservation Northwest v. Commissioner of Public Lands

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Wash.
Status: Dismissal of case affirmed on alternative grounds. [ 07/21/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that Washington State's management of public lands granted to the State violated the Washington Constitution's mandate that granted lands be "held in trust for all the people."

Center for Environmental Law & Policy v. State of Washington

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Ct. App.
Status: Orders issued granting motion for reconsideration and amending opinion holding rule invalid. [ 08/20/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to an instream flow rule for the Spokane River, which petitioners alleged was experiencing a "low flow trend" due to climate change and other factors.

Aji P. v. State of Washington

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Wash.
Status: Petition for review denied. [ 10/06/2021 ]
Description: Action by young people under 18 years of age claiming that the State of Washington and state agencies and officials violated plaintiffs' rights by creating and maintaining fossil fuel-based transportation and energy systems.

Holmquist v. United States

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Wash.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 07/14/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 preemption of local prohibitions on rail transportation of fossil fuels.

Erickson v. Gregoire

Filing Date: 2010
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Super. Ct.
Status: Order issued denying motion for preliminary injunction. [ 10/22/2010 ]
Description: Challenge to Washington governor's executive order concerning greenhouse gas emissions.

Association of Washington Business v. Washington State Department of Ecology

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Wash.
Status: Trial court ruling that rule exceeded Ecology’s authority affirmed but remedy modified to invalidate rule only to the extent it regulated nonemitters via an emission standard. [ 01/16/2020 ]
Description: Challenge by business and trade groups to greenhouse gas regulations adopted by the Washington Department of Ecology.

Foster v. Washington Department of Ecology

Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Ct. App.
Status: Unpublished opinion issued reversing trial court order that granted relief from judgment. [ 09/05/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of rulemaking petition that asked Department of Ecology to recommend restrictions on greenhouse gas emission to state legislature.