September 2018 Bar Bulletin
Central Puget Sound Regional
Transit Authority, dba
Sound Transit v.
City of Seattle, et al.
No. 94255-2 consolidated
with No. 94406-7,
No. 94530-5 & No. 95148-9
August 2 (9-0)
Court’s Summary
“These four consolidated cases present the same question: May Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) condemn the city of Seattle’s electrical transmission line easements located in the city of Bellevue to extend Sound Transit’s regional light rail system? For the following reasons, we affirm the trial courts in part and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. We hold that Sound Transit has statutory authority to condemn Seattle’s easements and that the...