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Washington State Courts - Supreme Court Calendar - May 13, 1997

May 13, 1997

9:00 A.M. Olympia Tuesday, May 13, 1997

Case No. 1 - 63972-8 Counsel
Okanogan Wilderness League, Inc.
v.
Town of Twisp and State of Washington, Department of Ecology
Todd Tru
John Arum
W. Scott DeTro
Mark Jobson & Philip McDonald
Whether this appeal should be dismissed on the ground that the superior court lacked appellate jurisdiction, and whether a change in point of diversion of a 1912 water right was properly approved.

Case No. 2 - 64368-7 Counsel
Richard C. Gossett, et ux.
v.
Farmers Insurance Company of Washington
Gary Williams

Mark Cole, Mark Mills & Andrea Vingo

Whether an insured has an insurable interest in a house when the insured was not the owner at the time it was destroyed by fire; and if the insured has an insurable interest, whether that interest is limited to the improvements they made to the house. Whether an award of attorney's fees to an insured under Olympic Steamship is unconstitutional.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 64776-3 Counsel
John Weden, II; John Pfarr and Jamie Pfarr, d/b/a Zzoomers Scooters and Bikes, et al.
v.
San Juan County acting through its Board of Directors, et al.
Dennis Reynolds, Jeffrey Johnson & Margaret Sundberg
Christopher Hodgkin
Rand Jack & Philip Buri

Whether San Juan County's ban on motorized personal watercraft violates substantive due process or conflicts with "general laws" for purposes of article XI, section 11 of the Washington Constitution.

Case No. 4 - 65062-4 Counsel
King County
v.
The Taxpayers of King County
v.
Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District
v.
John Scannell, Vince Koskela & Frank Ruano, et al.
Susan Slonecker, Kendall Moore & Mary Yu

John Blankenship
Kris Sundberg
Paul Lawrence & Larry Carter


John Scannell - Pro Se

Was the $336,000,000 bond issue to construct the Seattle Mariners' new baseball stadium legally valid?


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