Supreme Court Docket

Winter 2017

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
Justice Charles W. Johnson
Justice Barbara A. Madsen
Justice Susan Owens
Justice Debra L. Stephens
Justice Charlie Wiggins
Justice Steven C. González
Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud
Justice Mary I. Yu


Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk Susan L. Carlson
Court Commissioner Narda Pierce
Reporter Richard Neidhardt
Administrator for the Courts Callie Dietz
State Law Librarian Robert Mead
Bailiff Tim Schiewe


Order

Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court Calendars as indicated below:

Department One
Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Charles Johnson     Justice Susan J. Owens
    Justice Charlie Wiggins     Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud
   

Department Two

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Barbara A. Madsen     Justice Debra Stephens
    Justice Steven C. González     Justice Mary Yu

Notice to Attorneys

Regular Sessions of the Court begin in January (Winter), May (Spring), and September (Fall) of each year.

Cases set for the mornings are subject to call at 9:00 a.m. Those set in the afternoon are subject to call at 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

The Court will sometimes take a short recess following the first case in the morning and the first case in the afternoon.

Motion days in the 2017 Winter Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

January 3, 2017
February 7, 2017
March 7, 2017
March 28, 2017

Settings will not be altered or vacated by the Chief Justice except upon a showing of unavoidable cause.

As provided in RCW 2.32.070, counsel of record and criminal defendants shall be supplied a copy of opinion without charge.


The titles of the cases listed in this docket are not the official titles for purposes of opinions.

Oral Argument Dates


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 10, 2017
TWO CASES ONLY
92744-8 (C/A 70432-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
KING COUNTY,
          Respondent,
    v.
VINCI CONSTRUCTION GRANDS PROJECTS / PARSONS RCI / FRONTIER-KEMPER, JV, a Washington joint venture; and TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA, a Connecticut corporation,
    and
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation; FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Indiana corporation; FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND, a Maryland corporation; and ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York corporation,
          Petitioners.
Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Mary DeVuono Englund
Karl Oles/David Goodnight/
  Hunter Olds Ferguson
Leonard J. Feldman
Thomas R. Krider
  Peter Noel Ralston
Mitchell C. Tilner
  Frederic D. Cohen
Catherine Wright Smith
  Howard Mark Goodfriend
93192-5 (C/A 32708-6-III consol. w/ 32760-4-III)
Petitions for Review Granted
Rodgers’ petition for review
Weatherwax’s petition for review granted on sentencing issue only
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
THOMAS LEE WEATHERWAX and JAYME L. RODGERS,
          Petitioners.
Hon. Larry Haskell
  Brian Clayton O'Brien
  Larry D. Steinmetz
Dennis W. Morgan
Susan Marie Gasch


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 17, 2017
THREE CASES ONLY; TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M. & SHOW CAUSE HEARING
92913-1 (King 15-2-17089-9 SEA)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
ALLAN A. TABINGO,
          Petitioner,
    v.
AMERICAN TRIUMPH LLC, and AMERICAN SEAFOODS COMPANY, LLC,
          Respondents.
Philip Talmadge
Joseph Stacey
  James Jacobsen
Markus Oberg
91998-4 (C/A 71345-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
DONALD NOLL and CANDACE NOLL, husband and wife,
          Respondents,
    v.
AMERICAN BILTRITE, INC.; AMETEK, INC.; BIRD INCORPORATED; BORGWARNER MORSE TEC INC., as successor-by-merger to BORG-WARNER CORPORATION; CBS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, f/k/a VIACOM INC., successor by merger to CBS CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania Corporation, f/k/a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION; CERTAIN-TEED CORPORATION; CONWED CORPORATION; DOMCO PRODUCTS TEXAS INC.; FORD MOTOR COMPANY; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC; HERCULES INCORPORATED; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.; INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS CORPORATION f/k/a THE CARBORUNDUM COMPANY; INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY; J-M MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.; KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY INC.; KELLY MOORE PAINT COMPANY INC.; SABERHAGEN HOLDINGS, INC.; SIMPSON LUMBER COMPANY, LLC; SIMPSON TIMBER COMPANY,
          Defendants,
SPECIAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.,
          Petitioner.
Brian Weinstein
  Benjamin Couture
William Kohlburn
Ryan Kiwala














Michael King
  Rory Drew Cosgrove


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT

201,588-3 (WSBA #21638)  
In re:

DOUGLAS ALLEN STRATEMEYER,
         Attorney at Law.

Sachia Powell (WSBA)

Douglas Stratemeyer


1:30 P.M.

93207-7 (C/A 46991-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
ROFF ARDEN and BOBBI ARDEN, adult husband and wife,
          Petitioners,
    v.
FORSBERG & UMLAUF, P.S., a Washington State professional services corporation; JOHN HAYES and "JANE DOE" HAYES, adult Washington State residents including any marital community; WILLIAM "CHRIS" GIBSON and "JANE DOE" GIBSON, adult Washington State residents including any marital community; and DOE DEFENDANTS I through V,
          Respondents.
Jon Cushman
  Kevin Hochhalter

Sam Franklin
  Pamela DeVet
Philip Talmadge
  Sidney Tribe


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 19, 2017
THREE CASES ONLY; TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M. & SHOW CAUSE HEARING
93282-4 (C/A 33782-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
DONALD R. SWANK, individually and as personal representative of the ESTATE OF ANDREW F. SWANK and PATRICIA A. SWANK, individually,
          Petitioners,
    v.
VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, a Washington State Non-profit corporation; JIM PURYEAR, MIKE HEDEN, and DERICK TABISH, individually, and TIMOTHY F. BURNS M.D., individually,
          Respondents.
George M. Ahrend
Mark Douglas Kamitomo
  Collin Michael Harper

Gerald Kobluk
  William Christopher Schroeder
Edward Joseph Bruya
  Eric Roche Byrd
Gregory Mann Miller
  Melissa Jean Cunningham
Patrick Joseph Cronin
Steven Robert Stocker
93035-0 (C/A 71912-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted
judicial disqualification and exclusion of impeachment evidence issues only
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
TRAVIS LEE LILE,
          Petitioner.
Hon. David McEachran
  Hilary A. Thomas

William Joseph Johnston


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT

201,601-4 (WSBA #30765)  
In re:

CATHERINE GWYNNE NOONAN,
         Attorney at Law.

Debra Jo Slater (WSBA)

Catherine Gwynne Noonan


1:30 P.M.

93079-1 (C/A 47681-9-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
WASHINGTON TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, a Washington nonprofit corporation; EAGLE SYSTEMS, INC., a Washington corporation; GORDON TRUCKING, INC., a Washington corporation; HANEY TRUCK LINE, INC., a Washington corporation; JASPER TRUCKING, INC., a Washington corporation; PSFL LEASING, INC., a Washington corporation; and SYSTEM-TWT TRANSPORATION d/b/a SYSTEM-TWT, a Washington limited liability company,
          Respondents,
    v.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT; PAUL TRAUSE, individually and in his official capacity as the former Commissioner of the Employment Security Department, and JANE DOE TRAUSE, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof; BILL WARD, individually and in his official capacity, and JANE DOE WARD, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof; LAEL BYINGTON, individually and in his official capacity, and JANE DOE BYINGTON, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof; JOY STEWART, a single individual, individually and in her official capacity; and MELISSA HARTUNG, a single individual, individually and in her official capacity; ALICIA SWANGWAN, a single individual, individually and in her official capacity,
          Petitioners.
Philip Albert Talmadge
  Thomas M. Fitzpatrick
Aaron Paul Riensche






Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Eric Peterson
  Dionne Padilla-Huddleston


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 2, 2017
THREE CASES ONLY; TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.
92947-5 (C/A 32873-2-III)
Petition for Review Granted
REQUEST TO WITHDRAW FROM CONSIDERATION THE BODY CAMERA ISSUE PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
CECILY ZORADA McFARLAND,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Garth Louis Dano
  Katharine W. Mathews

Kristina M. Nichols
  Jill Shumaker Reuter
93214-0 (C/A 32937-2-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JAMES SCHIBEL, an individual; and PATTI SCHIBEL, an individual; and the marital community thereof,
          Respondents,
    v.
RICHARD EYMANN, an individual; EYMANN ALLISON HUNTER JONES, P.S., a Washington professional services corporation; MICHAEL WITHEY, an individual; LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL WITHEY, PLLC, a Washington professional limited liability company,
          Petitioners.
Steven Erik Turner



James B. King
Jeffrey T. Kestle
  Roy Andrew Umlauf
  Markus William Louvier


1:30 P.M.

92816-9 (C/A 72478-9-I)
Discretionary Review Granted
25 MINUTES PER SIDE
Gordon McCloud recused / Siddoway, J.P.T.
In re Personal Restraint Petition of

SIONE P. LUI,
          Petitioner.
David B. Zuckerman

Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Jim Whisman


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 14, 2017
THREE CASES ONLY; TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.
92967-0 (C/A 72504-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
SELENE RMOF II REO ACQUISITIONS II, LLC.,
          Petitioner,
    v.
VANESSA D. WARD AND ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 7913 SOUTH 115TH PLACE M/K/A 7911 SOUTH 115TH PLACE, SEATTLE, WA 98178,
          Respondents.
Joshua Saul Schaer


Erin Cheyenne Sperger
Mary Conception Anderson
93143-7 (C/A 46933-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
KEVIN LEE ESTES,
          Respondent.
Hon. Mark Lindquist
  Michelle Hyer

Jennifer L. Dobson
Dana M. Nelson


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING

201,611-1 (WSBA #39344)  
In re:

Mona Lisa Cuarte Gacutan,
          Attorney at Law.


Mona Lisa Cuarte Gacutan
Kurt M. Bulmer

Joanne S. Abelson (WSBA)


1:30 P.M.

92698-1 (C/A 35195-1-II)
Discretionary Review Granted
MOTION TO STRIKE PETITIONER'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re Personal Restraint Petition of

MICHAEL RHEM,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Mark Lindquist
  Kathleen Proctor
Jeffrey Erwin Ellis


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 16, 2017
THREE CASES ONLY; TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.
92455-4 (Clark 13-2-03431-3)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted
MOTION FOR APPELLATE FEES PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER; SIERRA CLUB; and NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER,
          Petitioners,
    v.
PORT OF VANCOUVER USA; JERRY OLIVER, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners, President; BRIAN WOLFE, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners Vice President; and NANCY I. BAKER, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners Secretary,
          Respondents.
Brian Alan Knutsen
Eric D. 'Knoll' Lowney
Miles Johnson

Kristin Mariko Asai
  David B. Markowitz
  Anna Joyce
93723-1 (King 15-2-20613-3 SEA)
Notice of Appeal
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
PHILIP WATSON, an individual; RAY CARTER, an individual; FARWEST SPORTS, INC., dba OUTDOOR EMPORIUM, a Washington corporation; PRECISE SHOOTER, LLC, a Washington limited liability company; THE SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION, INC., a Washington nonprofit corporation; NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC.; a New York nonprofit association and NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, a Connecticut nonprofit associatio,
          Appellants,
    v.
CITY OF SEATTLE, a municipality; ED MURRAY, Mayor of the City of Seattle in his official capacity; SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, a department of the City of Seattle; and GLEN LEE, Director of Finance and Administrative Services, in his official capacity,
          Respondents.
Steven Walter Fogg
  David Benjamin Edwards







Franklin Dennis Cordell
  Jeffrey Iver Tilden
William Abrams
  Sarah Jackel
  David Kwasniewski
  Laura Edelstein
Kent Charles Meyer
  Carlton W.M. Seu


1:30 P.M.

93315-4 (C/A 46886-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
BRITTANIE J. OLSEN,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Mark Nichols
  James Mitchell Kennedy
  Michael Edward Haas
Catherine E. Glinski


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 21, 2017
THREE CASES ONLY; TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.
93098-8 (Okanogan 13-1-00282-3)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
ROBERT JAMES BOWIE,
          Respondent.
Hon. Douglas Shae
  Andrew Bryan Van Winkle
  Douglas J. Shae
Ryan Boyd Robertson
93385-5 (C/A 46605-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
ZAIDA YESENIA CARDENAS-FLORES,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Tony Golik
  Aaron Bartlett

Jodi R. Backlund
  Manek R. Mistry


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
POSSIBLY TO BE SET AT A LATER DATE

201,613-8 (WSBA #394)  
In re:

George Edensword-Breck,
         Attorney at Law.


George Edensword-Breck

Benjamin J Attanasio (WSBA)


1:30 P.M.

93312-0 (Yakima 15-2-00412-2)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
RUDY FRAUSTO,
          Appellant,
    v.
YAKIMA HMA, LLC, a Washington State Corporation,
          Respondent.
Favian Valencia


Jerome R. Aiken
  Sean McKenna Worley


9:00 A.M. Olympia February 23, 2017

TWO CASES ONLY

93377-4 (C/A 31868-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.

WESLEY JAMES WEYAND,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Andy Miller
  Andrew Kelvin Miller
  Anita Isabelle Petra

Janet G. Gemberling

92912-2 (Thurston 15-2-01909-8)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
MIRANDA THORPE, an Individual Provider of Washington,
          Appellant,

     v.

GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Washington; WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ("DSHS"), SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION HEALTHCARE 775NW ("SEIU 75"), a labor organization,
          Respondents.

David Morgan Steven Dewhirst
  James Abernathy
  Stephanie Diane Olson
  Greg Overstreet

Susan Sackett DanPullo
  Albert Henry Wang
  Alan D. Copsey
Michael Craig Subit
Jennifer L. Robbins
  Dmitri L. Iglitzin


9:00 A.M. Olympia February 28, 2017

TWO CASES ONLY

93453-3 (C/A 73113-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.

JOHN HENRY JOHNSON,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Mark Roe
  Mara J. Rozzano

Maureen Marie Cyr

93381-2 (C/A 33196-2-III consol. w/ 33239-0-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
CHELAN BASIN CONSERVANCY,
          Petitioner,

     v.
GBI HOLDING CO., and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondents,

     and
CITY OF CHELAN; STATE OF WASHINGTON; and CHELAN COUNTY PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT,
          Defendants.

Michael W. Gendler
Russell John Speidel
  David Joel Bentsen

Brendan Wesley Donckers
  Daniel Foster Johnson
  Roger M. Townsend
Katherine Gustafson Galipeau
David Scott Steele
  Eric David Miller
  Markham Allen Quehrn
Erik K. Wahlquist
Allan Galbraith
Nicholas James Lofing
John Kirk Bromiley
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Terence Pruit
  Jay D. Geck
Kenneth W. Harper


9:00 A.M. Olympia March 14, 2017

THREE CASES ONLY; TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

93293-0 (C/A 46062-9-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
     v.
ASCENCION SALGADO-MENDOZA,
          Respondent.
Hon. Michael Haas
  Christopher R. Ashcraft

Pamela Beth Loginsky
Skylar Texas Brett

93564-5
Certified Federal Court
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
MICHAEL BRADY,
          Plaintiff,

     v.
AUTOZONE STORES, INC., and AUTOZONERS LLC,
          Defendants.

Michael Craig Subit
  Steven Bert Frank
  Christie Johnson Fix

Stephanie Wright Pickett
  Todd Lawrence Nunn
  Patrick Michael Madden


1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL AGRUMENT

201,618-9 (WSBA #22891)  
In re:

Sandra Wilton,
         Attorney at Law.


Sandra Wilton

Benjamin J Attanasio (WSBA)


1:30 P.M.

93408-8 (King 14-1-06819-7 SEA)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
CITY OF SEATTLE,
          Respondent,

     v.
MATTHEW ALEX ERICKSON,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Peter Holmes
  Richard Edward Greene

Michael A Schueler
  Philip Andrew Chinn


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 16, 2017
TWO CASES ONLY
93685-4 (C/A 33073-7-III consol. w/ 33074-5-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,

     v.
RALPH E. WHITLOCK and DAVID R. JOHNSON,
          Respondents.

Hon. Benjamin Nichols
  Curtis Liedkie

Susan Gasch
Kenneth Kato

93562-9 (C/A 33241-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
KITTITAS COUNTY, a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Washington,
          Respondent,

     v.
SKY ALLPHIN, ABC HOLDINGS, INC., CHEM-SAFE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.,
          Petitioners,

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY,
          Defendants.

Hon. Greg Zempel
  Neil Alan Caulkins
Quinn N Plant
  Kenneth W. Harper
Leslie Alan Powers
Nicholas James Lofing
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Travis H. Burns


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 21, 2017
TWO CASES ONLY
93668-4 (C/A 73047-9-I)
Petitions for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,

     v.
CHARLES LINNELL BLUFORD,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Stephanie Guthrie
  James Morrissey Whisman

Kevin March
  Casey Grannis

93456-8 (C/A 73337-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
MEGAN ROAKE,
          Respondent,

     v.
MAXWELL DELMAN,
          Petitioner.

Riddhi Mukhopadhyay

Catherine Wright Smith
  Ian Christopher Cairns


9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 23, 2017

THIS ORAL ARGUMENT DATE CANCELLED
 

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