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· 1/10/1991

City of Kennewick v. Fountain

Citations

  • 802 P.2d 1371
  • 116 Wash. 2d 189
  • 1991 Wash. LEXIS 8

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that Batchelder overruled Zornes as to equal protection analysis under the Fourteenth Amendment
  • discussing State v. Zornes, 78 Wn.2d 9, 475 P.2d 109 (1970) (plurality opinion), which reaffirmed the holding in Olsen
  • overruling State v. Zornes, 78 Wn.2d 9, 475 P.2d 109 (1970) which was characterized as holding that statutes defining the same offense for the same conduct, but prescribing different punishments, violate an individual’s right to equal protection

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