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Winter 2001
| Chief Justice |
Gerry Alexander |
| Justice |
Charles Z. Smith |
| Justice |
Charles W. Johnson |
| Justice |
Barbara A. Madsen |
| Justice |
Richard B. Sanders |
| Justice |
Faith Ireland |
| Justice |
Bobbe J. Bridge |
| Justice |
Tom Chambers |
| Justice |
Susan Owens |
| Clerk |
C. J. Merritt
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| Court Commissioner |
Geoffrey Crooks
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| Reporter |
Deborah Norwood
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| Administrator for the Courts |
Mary C. McQueen
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| State Law Librarian |
Deborah Norwood
|
| Bailiff |
Steve Englehorn |
Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court for the Winter 2001 Session as indicated below:
Hon. Gerry L. Alexander, Chief Justice
Department One
| Hon. Charles Z. Smith |
Hon. Barbara A. Madsen |
| Hon. Faith Ireland |
Hon. Tom Chambers |
Department Two
| Hon. Charles W. Johnson |
Hon. Richard B. Sanders |
| Hon. Bobbe J. Bridge |
Hon. Susan Owens |
Regular Sessions of the Court begin in January (Winter), May (Spring), and September (Fall) of each year.
Cases set for the mornings are subject to call at 9:00 a.m. Those set in the afternoon are subject to call at l:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
The Court will sometimes take a short recess following the first case in the morning and the first case in the afternoon.
Motion days in the Winter Session, 2001, will be:
January 9, 2001
February 6, 2001
March 6, 2001
April 10, 2001
Settings will not be altered or vacated by the Chief Justice except upon a showing of unavoidable cause.
As provided in RCW 2.32.070, counsel of record and criminal defendants shall be supplied a copy of opinion without charge.
- January 17, 2001
- January 18, 2001
- January 30, 2001
- February 1, 2001
- February 13, 2001
- February 15, 2001
- February 27, 2001
- March 1, 2001
- March 20, 2001
- March 22, 2001
- March 27, 2001
- March 28, 2001
- March 29, 2001
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Wednesday, January 17, 2001 |
68376-0 (C/A 39716-8-I)
(consol. w/43050-5)
Petitions for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
Steven Darby McDonald,
Respondent.
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In re the Personal Restraint Petition of
Steven Darby McDonald
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Thomas Verge
Erik Pedersen
Sheryl Gordon McCloud
|
69140-1 (C/A 23422-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Benjamin J. Chandler,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Bradley Andersen
Peter Banks
Robert Lewis
|
1:30 P.M.
|
69177-1 (King 992151712 SEA)
PETITIONER'S MOTION TO STRIKE-PASSED TO THE MERITS
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Kathleen O'Connor, individually and as guardian ad litem for Dustin O'Connor, a minor,
Petitioner,
v.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, an agency of the State of Washington,
Respondent.
|
Denis Stearns
Bruce Clark
William Marler
Hon. Christine Gregoire
John Kirschner
Michael Lynch
Narda Pierce
|
69342-1 (C/A 22383-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Todd D. Barker,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Arthur Curtis
Richard Melnick
William Thayer
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, January 18, 2001 |
69456-7 (C/A 43437-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
John Doe,
Petitioner,
v.
Gonzaga University, a Washington non-profit corporation, Julia M. Lynch, Roberta S. League, and Susan J. Kyle,
Respondents.
|
Laurel Siddoway
George Ahrend
David Groesbeck
Charles Wiggins
Kenneth Masters
|
|
PRO TEM JUDGES: J. Stephen Brown
|
/ J. Madsen recuses
|
69541-5 (C/A 44409-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Thuan Dinh and Thuy Nguyen,
Petitioners,
v.
Craig Salins and Jane Doe Salins, husband and wife,
Respondents.
|
Steven Smith
Thomas Lether
Rick Wathen
Jeannette Adams
Mark Cole
|
1:30 P.M.
69521-1 (C/A 17857-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Harry W. Hadley and Jewell Hadley, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof,
Respondents,
v.
John Doe Maxwell and Helen Maxwell, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof,
Petitioners.
|
G. Joe Schwab II
Ronald Delgado
Curtis Shoemaker
Michael Schein
D. Michael Reilly
Michael King
|
| PRO TEM JUDGES: J. Robin Hunt | / J. Sanders recuses |
69651-9 (C/A 24559-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Charles R. Hampton,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Ed Holm
Philip Harju
Robert Quillian
|
| PRO TEM JUDGES: J. Stephen Brown | / J. Sanders recuses |
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Tuesday, January 30, 2001 |
69386-2 (C/A 43378-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
In re the Estate of Thomas A. Fleming,
Deceased.
Antonio B. Marzan, individually as half-brother of Thomas A. Fleming, and as personal representative of the Estate of Margaret Mary Fleming,
Petitioner,
v.
Judith Kovacs, as personal representative of the Estate of Thomas A. Fleming; and the State of Washington, Department of Revenue,
Respondents.
|
Michael Feinberg
Tracy Miller
Hon. Christine Gregoire
Donald Cofer
Karen Thompson
|
69687-0 (C/A 18250-9-III)
(consol. w/18513-3 & 18514-1)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Robert I. McIndoe,
Respondent,
v.
Department of Labor and Industries of The State of Washington,
Petitioner.
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Edward K. Krabbenhoft and John J. Herrera,
Respondents,
v.
Department of Labor and Industries of The State of Washington,
Petitioner.
|
Tom Cordell
Hon. Christine Gregoire
John Wasberg
Michael Pontarolo
Hon. Christine Gregoire
John Wasberg
|
1:30 P.M.
69613-6 (C/A 22476-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington
Respondent,
v.
Ronald J. Horrace,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Jeremy Randolph
Andrew Toynbee
Thomas Doyle
|
69741-8 (C/A 23431-9-II)
Petition for Review Granted
CONSOLIDATED
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Zachary B. Schmidt,
Petitioner.
69833-3 (C/A 24379-2-II)
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Petition for Review Granted
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Marlin L. Ayers,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Russell Hauge
Randall Sutton
John Cross
Hon. John Ladenburg
Terry Lane
Geoffrey Cross
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, February 1, 2001 |
69696-9 (C/A 43481-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Panorama Village Condominium Owners Association Board of Directors,
Petitioner,
v.
Allstate Insurance
Company,
Respondent.
|
John S. Riper
Todd C. Hayes
Jerret E. Sale
Lisa E. Lear
Douglas G. Houser
|
68112-1 (C/A 20813-0-II)
(consol. w/21767-8)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
John Kenneth Stein a/k/a Jack Stein,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Arthur Curtis
Dennis Hunter
James Lobsenz
|
1:30 P.M.
69788-4 (C/A 44027-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Vincent L. Bryant,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. James Krider
Charles Blackman
David Trieweiler
|
70008-7 (C/A 24478-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Leslie Wiley,
Respondent,
v.
Frank Rehak, Dana Rehak,
Defendants,
Kevin Prueitt,
Petitioner.
|
Ben Shafton
Dennis La Porte
Phil Brennan
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Tuesday, February 13, 2001 |
69655-1 (C/A 22616-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Frank Vasquez,
Petitioner,
v.
Joseph Hawthorne, as personal representative of the Estate of Robert Awrey Schwerzler,
Respondent.
|
Terry Barnett
Ross Taylor
|
69680-2 (C/A 18253-3-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Aaron C. Ermine,
Respondent,
v.
City of Spokane; John Doe Barrington and Jane Doe Barrington, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof,
Petitioners.
|
Devin Poulson
James Sloane
Michelle Szambelan
Rocco Treppiedi
|
1:30 P.M.
69753-1 (C/A 23126-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
To-Ro Trade Shows, d/b/a O'Louglin Trade Shows,
Petitioner,
v.
Grant Collins and Kathy Barrosfriedt, in her official capacity as the Director of the Department of Licensing, The State of Washington, and Robert Smith, and John Does 1 Through 5,
Respondents.
|
Richard Wooster
Hon. Christine Gregoire
Rene Tomisser
|
69792-2 (C/A 42443-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Jatinder Ahluwalia,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Catherine McDowall
Gregory Link
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, February 15, 2001 |
THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M./ONE IN P.M.
|
69535-1 (C/A 17781-5-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
Sergio Jerome Turner,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Steven Tucker
Kevin Korsmo
David Gasch
|
69550-4 (C/A 17868-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
James A. Vreen,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Steven Tucker
Kevin Korsmo
Paul Wasson
|
1:30 P.M.
69851-1 (C/A 44063-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
Mink Fire, a/k/a David Paul Mrowka,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Randall Gaylord
Philip Buri
Catherine Glinski
James Dixon
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Tuesday, February 27, 2001 |
Bar No. 05686-2
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
In re the Matter of Santiago Eduardo Juarez,
Attorney at Law
|
Leland Ripley
Jonathan Burke-WSBA
|
69693-4 (C/A 23779-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
Kenneth Levoe Demery,
Respondent.
|
Hon. John Ladenburg
Michael Sommerfeld
Dino Sepe
|
1:30 P.M.
69916-0 (C/A 18599-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Richard Ochoa,
Petitioner,
v.
Department of Labor and Industries,
Respondent.
|
Michael Walker
Michael Pontarolo
Hon. Christine Gregoire
Sheryl Gordon
Anastasia Sandstrom
John Wasberg
|
70003-6 (C/A 43631-7-I))
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Guillermo W. Cienfuegos,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Thomas Verge
Erik Pedersen
James Nelson
|
March 1 cases were resheduled due to the earthquake.
Case 1 (69688-8 - State v. Breazeale) and Case 2 (69656-0 - Winters/Perkins v. State Farm Insurance) were rescheduled for March 28.
Case 3 (70360-4 - Petersen/Thorell v. State) was rescheduled for March 29.
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Tuesday, March 20, 2001 |
Oral arguments will be conducted in Tacoma at the Federal District Courthouse, Courtroom "E".
70153-9 (C/A 44164-7-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Tibor Mucsi and Andrea[A] Kruppa, husband and wife, and their marital community,
Petitioners,
v.
Graoch Associates Limited Partnership #12, a Washington corporation, d/b/a Keeler's Corner Apartment Homes,
Respondents.
|
Alan Hall
M. Colleen Barrett
Gregory Worden
|
70010-9 (C/A 18163-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE |
Suzan Berger,
Respondent,
v.
John Sonneland, M.D.,
Petitioner.
|
Brad Smith
Mary Spillane
|
1:30 P.M.
70090-7 (Grant 992009815)
CONSOLIDATED |
20 MINUTES PER SIDE |
Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5, a municipal corporation; Wyatt D. Hanks and Annette Hanks, husband and wife,
Appellants,
v.
City of Moses Lake, a municipal corporation, et al.,
Respondents.
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70499-6 (Yakima 002021487)
Yakima County Fire Protection District No. 12, a municipal corporation; Lyle E. Gapen and Max Seal,
Appellants,
v.
City of Yakima, a municipal corporation,
Respondent.
|
Clark Snure
Brian Snure
Michael Wyman
James Whitaker
Peter Dijulio
Clark Snure
Brian Snure
Elizabeth Thomas
Roger Wynne
Raymond Paolella
Lawrence Peterson
|
69416-8 (King 982254807 SEA)
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Appellant,
v.
Jason Heckel d/b/a Natural Instincts,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Christine Gregoire
H. Regina Cullen
W. Stuart Hirschfeld
Paula Selis
Robert Van Siclen
Dale Crandall
Charese Rhony
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, March 22, 2001 |
THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M./ONE IN P.M.
Oral arguments will be conducted in Tacoma at the Federal District Courthouse, Courtroom "E".
69887-2 (Clark 002026611)
CONSOLIDATED
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Alvin Commanda,
Respondent,
v.
The Honorable Christine Cary, Spokane County District Court, Municipal Department, Judge in her official capacity; and the Clerk of the Municipal Court, in her official capacity,
Petitioners.
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69888-1 (Spokane 002029921)
Dean Bendickson,
Respondent,
v.
The Honorable Christine Cary, Spokane County District Court, Municipal Department, Judge in her official capacity; and the Clerk of the Municipal Court, in her official capacity,
Petitioners.
|
Katherine Knox
Gerhard Dunlap
Salvatore Faggiano
Michelle Szambelan
Katherine Knox
Gerhard Dunlap
Salvatore Faggiano
Michelle Szambelan
|
70000-1 (C/A 44314-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Budget Rent A Car Corporation,
Respondent,
v.
Washington of State, Department of Licensing,
Petitioner.
|
Michael Kipling
Stacie Foster
Hon. Christine Gregoire
James Schmid
|
1:30 P.M.
70015-0 (C/A 25265-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Patricia Meyer, a minor, and through her Guardian ad Litem, Gary Meyer; Gary Meyer and Verona Meyer, the natural parents of Patricia Meyer, individually and in behalf of the marital community,
Respondents,
v.
Burger King Corporation, a foreign corporation; The Pillsbury Company, a foreign corporation; Diageo Corporation, a foreign corporation; Grand Metropolitan, foreign corporation,
Defendants,
and
Sonrise Management, Inc., a domestic corporation,
Petitioner,
and
Sisters of Providence in Washington dba Providence St. Peter Hospital, Providence Emergency Physicians, John Doe Nos. One through Three, Lowell R. Dightman, M.D.; G. Whitman, M.D., R.W. Warton, M.D. and Corometrics Medical Systems, Inc., a foreign corporation,
Defendants.
|
George Riecan
Pamela Okano
Thomas Heller
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
ONE CASE ONLY
DEATH PENALTY CASE
66693-8 (Pierce 941026692)
|
90 MINUTES PER SIDE |
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Henry Lewis Marshall,
Appellant.
|
Hon. John Ladenburg
Barbara Corey-Boulet
Eric Nielsen
Eric Broman
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
TWO CASES ONLY, BOTH IN A.M.
|
69688-8 (C/A 18159-6-III)
(consol. w/18160-0)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
Randy Breazeale and Sheila M. Berlanga-Hernandez,
Respondents.
|
Hon. Christine Gregoire
Carol Smith-Merkulov
Dennis Morgan
|
69656-0 (C/A 23396-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted
CONSOLIDATED
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Sarah L. Winters,
Respondent,
v.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company,
Petitioner.
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70267-5 (Pierce 982104274)
Kyle A. Perkins,
Respondent,
v.
State Farm Insurance Company,
Appellant.
|
Patrick Le Pley
Karen Greig
Pamela Okano
Sean Wickens
Gailann Stargardter
Pamela Okano
William Hickman
|
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
70070-2 (C/A 39952-7-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Felix Michael Damon,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
David Ryan
Elaine Winters
|
70119-9 (Thurston 002008705)
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Kitsap County and City of Bremerton,
Appellant,
v.
Joanne Moore, Director,
Office of Public Defense,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Russell Hauge
Kevin Howell
Pamela Loginsky
Hon. Christine Gregoire
James Pharris
|
1:30 P.M.
70607-7 (King 992022122 SEA)
|
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
Janet Jones and Terry Jones and their marital community,
Respondents,
v.
Allstate Insurance Company and Jeremy France,
Petitioners,
Roy France and Amy France and their marital community comprised thereof; and Daimler Chrysler A.G., d/b/a Daimler Chrysler Motors Corp.,
Defendants.
|
John Lowery
James Brigman
Michael Rogers
Marilee Erickson
John Budlong
|
70360-4 (King 932222220)
(consol. w/962122475)
PETITIONER'S MOTION TO STRIKE STATE'S SUPPLEMENTAL AUTH.-PASSED TO THE MERITS
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
In re the Detention of:
Ronald L. Petersen,
Petitioner,
v.
State of Washington,
Respondent.
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In re the Detention of:
Bernard Thorell,
Petitioner,
v.
State of Washington,
Respondent.
|
Suzanne Elliott
Robert Goldsmith
Hon. Norm Maleng
David Hackett
Christine Jackson
Dennis Carroll
Hon. Norm Maleng
David Hackett
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