Supreme Court Calendar - March 9, 2000
March 9, 2000
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9:00 A.M.
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Seattle
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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Case No. 1 - 67826-0
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Thaddius X. Anderson.
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Ann Summers
Kira McCrae
Michael Mittlestat
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SYNOPSIS: Whether a defendant's knowledge of the presence of a firearm (in this case in his car) is an element of the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Case No. 2 - 67963-1
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Harlan M. Williams.
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Seth Fine
Jason Saunders
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the search of a defendant following his arrest, on a valid arrest warrant, is invalid because the person in whose home the arrest was made was not informed that he need not consent to the officers' entry.
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Case No. 3 - 68281-0
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COUNSEL
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Suzanne Dean, on behalf off all similarly situated persons,
v.
Joseph Lehman; Chase Riveland; and the State of Washington.
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Chris Youtz
Jonathan Meier
Douglas Carr
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SYNOPSIS: Whether RCW 72.09.480, which allows the State to seize a portion of the funds received by inmates, violates the tax uniformity requirement of Const. art. VII, § 1, or the takings clauses of the state and federal constitutions, when applied to funds sent to inmates by their spouses.
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Case No. 4 - 68500-2
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COUNSEL
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Waterjet Technology, Inc.,
v.
Flow International Corp., a Delaware corporation; Mohamad Hashish; and Steven Craigen.
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Mark Jackson
David Binney
Andrew Pratt/William Ferron
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SYNOPSIS: Whether an agreement requiring an employee to assign rights to inventions to his employer contained sufficient notice of the inventor's rights, as required by RCW 49.44.140(3), and if not, whether the employer may nonetheless enforce either the part of the agreement that is consistent with RCW 49.44.140(1) or a common law implied agreement.
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