Tacoma Public Library v. Woessner

Decision Date02 December 1998
Docket NumberNo. 66996-1,66996-1
Citation136 Wn.2d 1030,972 P.2d 101
CourtWashington Supreme Court
PartiesTACOMA PUBLIC LIBRARY, a municipal corporation, Respondent, v. Carolyn WOESSNER, individually, Petitioner.

Prior report: 90 Wash.App. 205, 951 P.2d 357.

ORDER

All five members of Department II of the Court considered the matters set on its December 1, 1998, Motion Calendar, and unanimously agreed that the following order be entered.Therefore, Chief Justice Barbara Durham directed that this order be entered:

IT IS ORDERED:

That the Petition for Review is granted.The case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for consideration in light of Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington, 114 Wash.2d 677, 790 P.2d 604(1990);Dawson v. Daly, 120 Wash.2d 782, 845 P.2d 995(1993);andLimstrom v. Ladenburg, 136 Wash.2d 595, 963 P.2d 869(1998).

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