Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M. Olympia Thursday, January 18, 2001

Case No. 1 - 69456-7 COUNSEL
John Doe,
      v.

Gonzaga University, Julia M. Lynch, Roberta S. League, and Susan J. Kyle

Laurel Siddoway
George Ahrend

Charles Wiggins
Kenneth Masters

SYNOPSIS: Whether a university can be held liable for defamatory communications among its own employees.

Case No. 2 - 69521-1 COUNSEL
Harry W. Hadley and Jewell Hadley,

      v.


John Doe Maxwell and Helen Maxwell

G. Joe Schwab II
Ronald Delgado
Curtis Shoemaker
Michael Schein

D. Michael Reilly
Michael King

SYNOPSIS: Should a previous misdemeanor traffic conviction have collateral estoppel effect on a subsequent civil litigation?


1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 69541-5 COUNSEL
Thuan Dinh and Thuy Nguyen,
      v.

Craig Salins and Jane Doe Salins

Steven Smith

Thomas Lether
Rick Wathen
Jeannette Adams
Mark Cole

SYNOPSIS: Under the Mandatory Arbitration Rules (MAR) does a trial court have the authority to enter a discovery order after the case has been assigned to an arbitrator?

Case No. 4 - 69651-9 COUNSEL
State of Washington,
      v.
Charles R. Hampton
Philip Harju

Robert Quillian

SYNOPSIS: Whether in a prosecution for filing a false document in a public office (RCW 40.16.030) the State must show that a specific statute or regulation requires or permits the filing of a genuine document of the type submitted.


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