Court of Appeals of Washington July 23, 2007, Nos. 58113-9-I; 58782-0-I (HTK Management, LLC v. Rokan Partners)

¶1 — The power of eminent domain is an inherent power of the state and redelegations of that power to private parties are invalid. Here, the Seattle Monorail Project agreed to assign its rights in an uncompleted condemnation proceeding to a private party.