Washington State Courts - Supreme Court Calendar - October 14, 1997
October 14, 1997
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Tuesday, October 14, 1997 |
| Case No. 1 - 64607-4 |
Counsel |
Okanogan Wilderness League ("OWL")
and Aaron Burhart,
v.
State of Washington, Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB);
|
Todd True
Yukihisa Ishizuka & John Arum
Charles Kimbrough & Robert Nylander
Deborah Mull
Jean Wilkinson
|
Whether the Pollution Control Hearings Board properly permitted a holder of several water rights to transfer its rights to a single well, in an amount based on the historical amounts of water used under the transferred rights rather than on the amounts being used at the time of transfer.
| Case No. 2 -64958-8 |
Counsel |
Cedar County Committee
v.
Ralph Munro, Secretary of State
|
Rhys Sterling
Jeffrey Even
|
Whether the Secretary of State must certify petitions for the formation of a new county as an election, and whether such certification would then require the legislature to enact laws creating the proposed new county.
1:30 P.M.
| Case No. 3 - 64336-9 |
Counsel |
City of Bremerton/State of Washington
v.
John L. Spears
|
Pamela Loginsky
William Collins & S. Kim O'Neal
Martin Fox
|
Whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review traffic infraction cases in which the total fine sought is less than $200; and whether the Washington motorcycle helmet statute, RCW 46.37.530, as implemented by the administrative rule describing an approved helmet, is unconstitutionally vague.
| Case No. 4 - 64773-9 |
Counsel |
Vintage Construction Company
v.
City of Bothell
|
Peter McCormick
Wayne Tanaka
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Whether a fee in lieu of dedication of park land, required by the City of Bothell as a condition to a residential development, was based on a sufficient site-specific valuation of the land the developer would otherwise have been required to dedicate.
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.
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