Supreme Court Calendar - June 27, 2000
June 27, 2000
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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Tuesday, June 27, 2000
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Case No. 1 - 68228-3
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COUNSEL
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Robert Sebastian,
v.
The Department of Labor and Industries of the State of Washington
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William Hochberg
Nancy Kellogg
Penny Allen
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SYNOPSIS: What the proper method is for calculating the compensation owed to a victim under the Crime Victim's Compensation Act (RCW 7.68).
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Case No. 2 - 68465-1
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Jeremy J. Conwell
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Hon. James Kaufman
Melvin Hoit
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court deprived the defendant of his rule-based right to plead guilty when it rejected a plea agreement and his pleas of guilty to the gross misdemeanors charged in the original information and entered pleas of not guilty on the defendant's behalf without informing him of his option to adhere to his guilty pleas.
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Case No. 3 - 68520-7
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COUNSEL
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Samis Land Company, the Estate of Samuel Israel, and the Samuel Israel Living Trust,
v.
City of Soap Lake
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Scott Edwards
W. Edward Allan
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the $60 annual "standby charge" imposed on all vacant, unimproved lands abutting, but unconnected to, the City's water and sewer lines is an unconstitutional property tax.
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Case No. 4 - 68554-1
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COUNSEL
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Wilbur G. Hallauer and Josephine Hallauer, husband and wife; and Champerty Shores Owners Association,
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Ernesto C. Del Rosario and Madeline B. Del Rosario, husband and wife
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Owen Gardner, Jr.
Charles Roe, Jr.
Charles Lean
Bevan Maxey
Diane Walker
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SYNOPSIS: Whether a landowner may condemn a private way of necessity for a pipeline to the source of a state-permitted water right.
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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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