Court Opinion

ID: 9537410
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Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:17:53.665449+00
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Hicks, J.
(dissenting) — I am unable to agree with the majority in this case. It escapes me why the Colfax and St. John school districts should be dragged completely across the state, and the Mabton, Granger and Naches school districts half across the state to a King County lawsuit at the whim of the Washington Education Association. Especially does this seem unreasonable when the contacts upon which standing is based range from tenuous to none.
If this purported invidious discrimination is so all pervasive, as plaintiffs suggest, there are ample school districts within an hour's drive of the King County courthouse to serve as class representatives. I would affirm the orders and judgment of the trial court.
Wright and Brachtenbach, JJ., concur with Hicks, J.
Reconsideration denied August 12, 1980.