· 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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