The decision ends, for now, a four-year legal battle over a proposal to build 568 houses next door to JZ Knight's 80-acres estate – a 20 percent growth in Yelm's housing stock.
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Washington Supreme Court gives JZ Knight a victory in her challenge of Yelm development
The decision ends, for now, a four-year legal battle over a proposal to build 568 houses next door to JZ Knight's 80-acres estate – a 20 percent growth in Yelm's housing stock.

Tony Overman The Olympian
A worker clears leaves at the JZ Knight School of Enlightenment west of Yelm on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (TONY OVERMAN/Staff photographer)
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