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· 7/26/1990

Washington Waste Systems, Inc. v. Clark County

Citations

  • 794 P.2d 508
  • 115 Wash. 2d 74
  • 1990 Wash. LEXIS 80

How courts have described this case

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

  • clarifying enactment cannot be applied retrospectively when it contravenes a construction placed on the original statute by the judiciary
  • clarifying enactment cannot be applied retrospectively when it contravenes a construction placed on the original statute by the judiciary
  • \legislation will be deemed curative if its purpose was to clarify an existing ambiguity and it overrules no case law\
  • ‘legislation will be deemed curative if its purpose was to clarify an existing ambiguity and it overrules no case law”

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