Supreme Court Calendar

Supreme Court Calendar - June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

9:00 A.M. Olympia Thursday, June 29, 2000

Case No. 1 - 68548-7 COUNSEL
Tina Van Noy; Patricia F. Dinnis (formerly Patricia Faye Burkett); and Elaine Ebersole; on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,
      v.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

Steve W. Berman
Sean R. Matt
Andrew M. Volk
Erin Flory

Peter A. Danelo
Daniel J. Dunne, Jr.
Robin E. Wechkin
Kenneth Payson

SYNOPSIS: Whether a first-party insurer has an enhanced fiduciary obligation to its insureds, such that this insurer breached its duty to a class of insureds by the way it handled PIP claims.

Case No. 2 - 69046-4 COUNSEL
State of Washington,
      v.

Thomas Nolan

Seth Fine
David Thiele

James Dixon

SYNOPSIS: Whether the State may be awarded costs under RCW 10.73.160 for prevailing in a criminal appeal even if the defendant's appeal was not meritless or frivolous.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 69433-8 COUNSEL
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587,
      v.

State of Washington

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Vashon-Maury Island Community Council,
      v.

State of Washington

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City of Bainbridge Island,
      v.
State of Washington

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Tacoma Water,
      v.
State of Washington

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Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County,
      v.
State of Washington

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Port of Whitman County,
      v.
State of Washington, and the "$30 License Tab" Initiative 695 Committee

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Puget Sound Clean Air Agency,
      v.

State of Washington,
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      and
The $30 License Tab Initiative Campaign

Charles Ford
Michael Subit

Jeffrey Goltz

Craig Beles
C. Walter Ebell
David Vogel/Allen Ressler

Jeffrey Goltz

John Hough
James Robart/Gwendolyn Klein

Jeffrey Goltz

Mark Bubenik/Hugh Spitzer/Thomas Ahearn/Grover Cleveland/Kyle Branum

Jeffrey Goltz

Scott Smith/Andrew Maron
Michael Gianunzio

Jeffrey Goltz

Paul Lawrence/Carol Arnold
Robert Ferguson

Jeffrey Goltz



Scott Smith/Andrew Maron
Laurie Halverson

Jeffrey Goltz

Richard Stephens
James Johnson

SYNOPSIS: Whether Initiative 695, which provides for a thirty dollar license fee and voter approval of all tax increases, is unconstitutional under article II, § 1(b), article II § 19, or article II, § 37 of the Washington State Constitution.

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