Washington State Courts: Washington State Supreme Court Calendar
Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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Case No. 1 - 67085-4
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington
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Steve A. Thein
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Brian McDonald
Jeffrey Steinborn
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SYNOPSIS: Whether probable cause to search a suspected drug dealer's home exists where no facts link drug activity to the suspect's home, but the search is based exclusively on the general belief that drug dealers normally keep evidence of drug dealing in their homes.
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Case No. 2 -67041-2
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COUNSEL
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DGHI Enterprises
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Pacific Cities, Inc
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Catherine Smith
Robert Klein
William Hickman/John Erlick
Joel Wright/Kelly Willig
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SYNOPSIS: Whether under court rules a successor superior court judge may sign and enter findings of fact and conclusions of law and a judgment where the judge who heard the case delivered an oral opinion in which he discussed findings of fact and conclusions of law but died before signing them or entering a judgment.
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1:30 P.M.
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Case No. 3 -66916-3
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COUNSEL
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Key Design
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Vince L. Moser and Joni L. Moser
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Ronald Weiss
B. Jacob Bozeman
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SYNOPSIS: Whether this court should overrule Martin v. Seigel, 35 Wn.2d 223 (1949) and hold that an agreement for the sale of property identified by its common name and street address, but not by its legal description, satisfies the statute of frauds.
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Case No. 4 -66998-8
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COUNSEL
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City of Seattle
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Loyd Stalsbroten
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Adam Eisenberg
Gene Grantham
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SYNOPSIS: Whether admission of a DUI suspect's refusal to perform field sobriety tests violates the privilege against self-incrimination, and if so, whether the error in this case was harmless.
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.
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