Stephanus v. Anderson, 613 P.2d 533 (1980)

Citation: Stephanus v. Anderson, 613 P.2d 533 (1980)
Parent Document: Stephanus v. Anderson, 613 P.2d 533 (1980)
Jurisdiction: Washington (state)
Effective Date: 1980-06-02
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1144778/stephanus-v-anderson/ ↗

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Contending that a tenant now has a substantive right to good faith treatment by the landlord, the Attorney General argues that the denial of this right can be remedied by allowing the equitable defense of retaliatory eviction. Assuming, without deciding, that retaliatory eviction deprives a tenant of a substantive legal right under RCW 59.18.020, that assumption creates a conflict between RCW 59.18.020 and RCW 59.18.240. The latter statute exempts from prohibition that conduct which we have assumed is barred by RCW 59.18.020. To the extent these two sections conflict, the one which treats the subject matter in a more specific manner will prevail. Pannell v. Thompson, 91 Wn.2d 591, 589 P.2d 1235 (1979); Knowles v. Holly,

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