Skagit Surveyors v. FRIENDS OF SKAGIT

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• holding that a court is powerless to adjudicate a controversy over which it lacks subject matter jurisdiction
• holding that a court is powerless to adjudicate a controversy over which it lacks subject matter jurisdiction
• holding that while litigants can waive their right to assert a lack of personal jurisdiction, they cannot waive subject matter jurisdiction
• holding that while litigants can waive their right to assert a lack of personal jurisdiction, they cannot waive subject matter jurisdiction
• stating that the GMA is not to be construed to confer upon a hearings board powers not expressly granted in the GMA
• stating that RCW 36.70A.290(2) limits a board's authority to hear challenges to a particular development regulation or plan after the effective date of the GMA

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