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Does The Ghost Of Lochner Haunt Mission Springs? Ruminations On § 1983 Due Process Claims In Light Of Mission Springs, Inc. V. City Of Spokane, Mark K. Funke
Washington Law Review
The last time the Washington Supreme Court applied substantive due process in a land use case was in Mission Springs, Inc. v. City of Spokane in 1998. Since then, the Washington Law Review has published four commentaries that address substantive due process in Washington land use, all of which characterize Washington's substantive due process law as producing undesirable results. However, none of the available commentary takes into consideration that there are two types of substantive due process cases in Washington land use. In one type, courts strike down local ordinances, while in the other they enforce the lawful application of …