upholding statutory prohibition on smoking in the workplace because it did not burden any entity’s ability to engage in business and therefore no “privilege” was involved
How later courts described this case
- upholding statutory prohibition on smoking in the workplace because it did not burden any entity’s ability to engage in business and therefore no “privilege” was involved
- determining smoking inside a place of employment is not a fundamental right of state citizenship, and the legislature may thus enact regulatory laws that in effect benefit certain businesses over others
- “Standing requirements tend to overlap the requirements for justiciability under the UDJA.”
- the goal is to avoid interpreting statutes to create conflicts between different provisions so that we achieve a harmonious statutory scheme
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Chambers, J.
¶132 (concurring in dissent) — I agree with Justice Sanders that by its terms, RCW 70.160.020(2) exempts American Legion Post No. 149, and I further agree that the act, as applied to American Legion Post No. 149, fails as unconstitutionally void for vagueness.