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· 10/23/1969

Petstel, Inc. v. County of King

Citations

  • 459 P.2d 937
  • 77 Wash. 2d 144
  • 1969 Wash. LEXIS 573
  • 1969 Trade Cas. (CCH) 72

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding the constitutionality of a King County ordinance requiring employment agencies to be licensed and regulating fees charged by the agencies
  • stating, “even though the activity in question be subject to police power regulation, the legislation must be substantially related to the evil sought to be cured”
  • Local price fixing upheld because effect on business outside the county was only “incidental.”
  • regulating maximum prices for services of an employment agency
  • regulating maximum prices for services of an employment agency

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Neill

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