RCW 7.16.120
Questions involving merits to be determined.
The questions involving the merits to be determined by the court upon the hearing are:
(1) Whether the body or officer had jurisdiction of the subject matter of the determination under review.
(2) Whether the authority, conferred upon the body or officer in relation to that subject matter, has been pursued in the mode required by law, in order to authorize it or to make the determination.
(3) Whether, in making the determination, any rule of law affecting the rights of the parties thereto has been violated to the prejudice of the relator.
(4) Whether there was any competent proof of all the facts necessary to be proved, in order to authorize the making of the determination.
(5) Whether the factual determinations were supported by substantial evidence.
[ 1989 c 7 § 1; 1957 c 51 § 6; 1895 c 65 § 12; RRS § 1010.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 7 - Special Proceedings and Actions
Chapter 7.16 - Certiorari, Mandamus, and Prohibition.
7.16.010 - Parties, how designated.
7.16.020 - Judgment, motion, and order defined.
7.16.030 - Certiorari defined.
7.16.040 - Grounds for granting writ.
7.16.050 - Application for writ—Notice.
7.16.060 - Writ, to whom directed.
7.16.080 - Stay of proceedings.
7.16.110 - Defective return—Further return—Hearing—Judgment.
7.16.120 - Questions involving merits to be determined.
7.16.130 - Copy of judgment to inferior tribunal, board, or officer.
7.16.160 - Grounds for granting writ.
7.16.170 - Absence of remedy at law required—Affidavit.
7.16.180 - Alternative or peremptory writs—Form.
7.16.190 - Notice of application—No default.
7.16.210 - Questions of fact, how determined.
7.16.220 - Applicant may demur to answer or countervail it by proof.
7.16.230 - Motion for new trial, where made.
7.16.240 - Certification of verdict—Argument.
7.16.260 - Judgment for damages and costs—Peremptory mandate.
7.16.280 - Enforcement of writ—Penalty.
7.16.290 - Prohibition defined.
7.16.300 - Grounds for granting writ—Affidavit.
7.16.310 - Alternative or peremptory writs—Form.
7.16.320 - Provisions relating to mandate applicable.