Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M. Olympia Tuesday, January 30, 2001

Case No. 1 - 69386-2 COUNSEL
In re the Estate of Thomas A. Fleming,
      Deceased.
Antonio B. Marzan,
      v.
Judith Kovacs
Michael Feinberg
Tracy Miller


Donald Cofer
Karen Thompson
SYNOPSIS: Whether a 1947 order terminating a mother's parental rights (agreed to by the mother when she relinquished her child to the custody of a charitable organization) precludes the mother or the child's half brother from inheriting from the child under the law of intestate succession.

Case No. 2 - 69687-0 COUNSEL
Robert I. McIndoe,
      v.
Department of Labor
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Edward K. Krabbenhoft and John J. Herrera,
      v.
Department of Labor and Industries
Tom Cordell

John Wasberg

Michael Pontarolo

John Wasberg

SYNOPSIS: Whether a worker may receive compensation on a claim for partial disability filed after another claim, based on a different injury, was closed with and award for total disability and filed within the statute of limitations.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 69613-6 COUNSEL
State of Washington
      v.
Ronald J. Horrace

Andrew Toynbee

Thomas Doyle

SYNOPSIS: Whether a driver's furtive movements gave the police adequate grounds to frisk the passenger of a car incident to the arrest of the driver.

Case No. 4 - 69741-8 COUNSEL
State of Washington,
      v.
Zachary B. Schmidt,

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69833-3 (C/A 24379-2-II)

State of Washington,
      v.
Marlin L. Ayers

Randall Sutton

John Cross




Terry Lane

Geoffrey Cross

SYNOPSIS: Whether amendments to the firearms statute, RCW 9.41.040, violate constitutional prohibitions against ex post facto laws by making a convicted felon's possession of all firearms unlawful because of a felony conviction which occurred prior to the amendments.


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