Municipal Corporations - Statutory Abolition of Sovereign Immunity - City Not Liable for Good Faith Enactment of Ordinance Later Held to Be Unconstitutional

Authors

Joseph A. Woehrel

Abstract

The Court of Appeals of Washington has held that liability for damages against a municipality must be predicated upon the tortious conduct of the municipality, and that the good faith enactment of an ordinance is a legislative act which cannot be characterized as tortious, no matter how mistaken or unwise the municipality's legislative action may have been.

J.S.K. Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Lacey, 6 Wash. App. 43, 492 P.2d 600 (1972).

First Page

258

Recommended Citation

Joseph A. Woehrel, Municipal Corporations - Statutory Abolition of Sovereign Immunity - City Not Liable for Good Faith Enactment of Ordinance Later Held to Be Unconstitutional, 11 Duq. L. Rev. 258 (1972).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol11/iss2/9