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Olympia
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Thursday, September 13, 2001
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Case No. 1 - 70586-1
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Clarence Larnell Darden
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Ann Summers
Daniel Clark
Dana Nelson
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| SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court's exclusion of evidence of a police officer's precise surveillance location violated the defendant's right to confrontation.
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Case No. 2 - 70637-9
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Damon L. Chapple
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Loren Oakley
Manek Mistry
Jodi Backlund
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| SYNOPSIS: During his criminal trial, the defendant was removed from the courtroom for what the trial court determined to be disruptive and dangerous behavior. The defendant argues that his removal violated his constitutional rights to be present at his trial and to testify.
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1:30 P.M.
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Case No. 3 - 70659-0
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COUNSEL
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City of Battle Ground,
v.
The Benchmark Land Company
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William Kamerrer
Leanne Bremer
Ronald Franz
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| SYNOPSIS: Whether a city's condition for subdivision approval, requiring a developer to make improvements to a street bordering its proposed development, triggers the takings analysis of Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374, 114 S. Ct. 2309, 129 L. Ed. 2d 304 (1994).
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Case No. 4 - 70667-1
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COUNSEL
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International Association of Firefighters, Local 1789,
v.
Spokane Airports, a municipal corporation
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George Guinn
Jeffrey Hollingsworth
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| SYNOPSIS: Whether an association has standing to bring suit on behalf of its members where it seeks monetary damages only. Whether the association had a contractual obligation to exhaust arbitration before bringing suit. Whether, after firefighters opted out of the social security system, their employer was obligated to pay into the firefighters' pension plan amounts equal to the matching social security contributions it had previously paid.
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