– Williams v. Geico General Ins. Co. –

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that RCW 36.70A.103 is a general statute that cannot apply in the face of a state statute that specifically and explicitly exempts alternative energy facilities from local regulation
• holding that RCW 36.70A.103 is a general statute that cannot apply in the face of a state statute that specifically and explicitly exempts alternative energy facilities from local regulation
• stating that the legislature may confer limited appellate review of administrative decisions to the superior courts
• “[T]his court will construe the original specific statute as an exception to the general statute, unless expressly repealed.”
• where one statute is specific and the other is general, the specific statute controls regardless of when it was enacted
• review of administrative decision “invokes the superior court’s appellate, not original, jurisdiction”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).