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Washington State Courts - Supreme Court Calendar - February 11, 1997

February 11, 1997

9:00 A.M Olympia Tuesday, February 11, 1997

Case No. 1 - 63757-1 Counsel
Phillips Forrest McClatchey
v.
State of Washington
John McNeish
Sarah Sappington
Whether a person who has not yet had a commitment trial under the Sexually Violent Predator statute, RCW 71.09, has standing to challenge the conditions of confinement and the quality of treatment provided by the Special Commitment Center.

Case No. 2 - 64053-0 Counsel
Noble Manor Company
v.
Pierce County
Stephen Demarest
Douglas Vanscoy
This case concerns the meaning of the Washington statute codifying the vested rights doctrine as it applies to applications for short subdivisions.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 64002-5 Counsel
Melissa Deitz
v.
John Doe
Roblin Williamson
Craig Ritchie
May a person injured in an automobile accident compel an attorney to disclose the identity of the driver of the other car who consulted that attorney about the accident, or does the attorney-client privilege forbid such a disclosure?

Case No. 4 - 64156-1 Counsel
Bonnie Seizer
v.
Don Sessions
Gideon Caron
R. Daniel Lindahl & Gregory Price
Whether Washington or Texas law should govern the distribution of a lottery prize won by a man who left his wife in Texas many years ago, did not obtain a divorce, remarried, named this new wife as beneficiary to the winnings, and lived in Washington until his death.


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