Alert: Costco Wins Partial Victory

The short version: Costco won a narrow victory on certain issues, but the Judge believes a trial should happen to decide the outcome of some and the Washington state legislature should provide a remedy on others. Either way, nothing changes until the Spring 2006. So for Washington State distributors, it's not great news but not horrible news.BACKGROUND. You'll recall that in Costco's lawsuit against the state of Washington, both sides sought a pre-trial summary judgment to throw out either Costco's