Supreme Court Calendar

Supreme Court Calendar - February 15, 2000

February 15, 2000

9:00 A.M. Olympia Tuesday, February 15, 2000

Case No. 1 - 66246-1 COUNSEL
Jose and Elisa Mendoza,
      v.
Ramiro and Jane Rivera-Chavez, Defendants,
Leader National Insurance
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Leader National Insurance,
      v.
Ramiro Rivera-Chavez,

Jose and Elisa Mandoza; Salvador Ruiz; Alejandro M. Munos-Mancinas; Javier S. Beltron and the heir or representatives of the estate of Evelio Ochoa Ramirez.

Kevin Roy
Theodore Roy

James Maloney III/Roland Skala

James Maloney III/Roland Skala


Kevin Roy
Theodore Roy
D. Bruce Morgan

SYNOPSIS: Whether an automobile insurance policy exclusion for use of the vehicle "in the commission of any felony" is ambiguous or against public policy.

Case No. 2 -67900-2 COUNSEL
Sammi Pennington, a/k/a Evelyn Van Pevenage,
      v.
Clark M. Pennington.
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68323-9

Diana J. Chesterfield,
      v.
James E. Nash.

Michael McKasy
Charles Wiggins/Kenneth Masters


Edward Lane

Mary Gaudio/Daniel Modeen

Catherine Smith

SYNOPSIS: Whether, in each of these actions seeking property division, the evidence was sufficient to establish a meretricious relationship.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 -67105-2 COUNSEL
State of Washington,
      v.
Cassandra Lynn Taylor
Michael Sommerfeld

Lise Ellner

SYNOPSIS: Whether a complaint charging assault in the fourth degree which does not expressly state the element of "intent" must be dismissed as unconstitutional if challenged before trial.

Case No. 4 -67701-8 COUNSEL
Marie Pitzer; Carolann Guilford; and James Allotta,
      v.
Union Bank of California, as personal representative of the Estate of Rose Magrini,
      and
In re the Estate of Rose Magrini,
      and
In re the Estate of Frank Magrini.
Craig Coombs
Franklin Shoichet

James Feltus
Paul Willett
Kendall Jennings

SYNOPSIS: Whether former RCW 11.04.080, which allowed illegitimate children to inherit from an intestate father only if the father had acknowledged paternity in writing, was unconstitutional, and if so, whether that is a sufficient ground for reopening a probate closed in 1974.

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