· 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
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- 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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Judges: Utter
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