95 Wash. App. 883 - Weyerhaeuser v. Pierce County’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 127 Wash. 2d 759 - Vashon Island Committee for Self-Government v. Washington State Boundary Review Board · 106 Wash. 2d 47 - West Main Associates v. City of Bellevue · 107 Wash. 2d 621 - Valley View Industrial Park v. City of Redmond · 123 Wash. 2d 864 - Erickson & Associates, Inc. v. McLerran · Noble Manor Co. v. Pierce County
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) The body or officer that made the land use decision engaged in unlawful procedure or failed to follow a prescribed process, unless the error was harmless; (b) The land use decision is an erroneous interpretation of the law, after allowing for such deference as is due the construction of a law by a local jurisdiction with expertise; (c) The land use decision is not supported by evidence that is substantial when viewed in light of the whole record before the court; (d) The land use decision is a clearly erroneous application of the law to the facts; (e) The land use decision is outside the authority or jurisdiction of the body or officer making the decision; or (f) The land use decision violates the constitutional rights of the party seeking relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Vesting `fixes' the rules that will govern the land development regardless of later changes in zoning or other land use regulations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]n appellate court applies these standards in reviewing a decision based upon the record created before the hearing examiner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.