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The Continuing Tobacco War: State And Local Tobacco Control In Washington, Alan E. Scott
The Continuing Tobacco War: State And Local Tobacco Control In Washington, Alan E. Scott
Seattle University Law Review
This Article examines Washington's exemplary tobacco control efforts in the context of the larger, historical struggle to regulate tobacco. The Article begins in Part II with a brief description of the history of tobacco regulation in the United States. Part III examines the Master Settlement Agreement and its weaknesses. Part IV discusses the preference for local government regulation and the obstacles encountered. Part V examines the scope of legal authority of Washington's local governments to enact tobacco control measures, and Part VI describes Washington's tobacco control measures and the interplay between local, state, and federal laws.
Telford: Casting Sunlight On Shadow Governments—Limits To The Delegation Of Government Power To Associations Of Officials And Agencies , Leslie L. Marshall
Telford: Casting Sunlight On Shadow Governments—Limits To The Delegation Of Government Power To Associations Of Officials And Agencies , Leslie L. Marshall
Seattle University Law Review
This Note engages in three areas of analysis. Part II reviews the case of Telford v. Thurston County Board of Commissioner, which, for the first time in Washington State, confronted the issue of whether associations of state officials or agencies are the equivalent of agencies for purposes of the state Public Disclosure Act. Part III examines the broader implications of Telford: (1) whether the principles in Telford should be applied to other state safeguards and restrictions on government agencies, such as the state Open Public Meetings Act, (2) whether the constitutional requirement of one-person-one-vote should be applied to associations of …