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· 7/30/1992

City of Pasco v. Public Employment Relations Commission

Citations

  • 833 P.2d 381
  • 119 Wash. 2d 504
  • 1992 Wash. LEXIS 206

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • when an agency is charged with the administration and enforcement of an ambiguous statute, the agency’s interpretation of the stat ute is entitled to great weight
  • employing last-antecedent rule to resolve ambiguity created by statutory text
  • court should give deference to long-standing agency interpretation
  • court should give deference to long-standing agency interpretation

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Judges: Brachtenbach

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