9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, January 17, 2002

Case No. 1 - 70978-5

COUNSEL

Alirio Medina and Ernestina Fuentes, husband and wife,
     v.
Public Utility District No. 1 of Benton County, a/k/a Benton County Public Utility District #1

Charles Barr
Kenneth Masters

Craig Campbell
Mark Johnsen

SYNOPSIS: Whether the filing of a personal injury complaint against a public utility district 57 days after a claim was submitted to the district, and 51 days after the district denied the claim, sufficiently complied with the 60-day waiting period requirement of RCW 4.96.020(4).

Case No. 2 - 70986-6

COUNSEL

Ronald King, a minor, by and through his parents, Karen and Brian King, also as plaintiffs,
     v.
Snohomish County,
     and
Doe 1 through Doe 10

Joseph Wilson
Harry Secoy

Raymond Dearie, Jr.

SYNOPSIS: Whether an offender is entitled to early release credits earned in jail prior to sentencing, when the Department of Corrections later structures the offender's prison sentence to begin with a mandatory deadly weapon enhancement term.

Case No. 3 - 71067-8

COUNSEL

Chelan County; Eric Gebelein and Rebecca Waud; Joseph J. Straus and Mary Shima; Gary and Julienne Kincaid; and David and Melissa Bale,
     v.
Michael and Lori Nykreim; B. Rick and Vickie Whitney; and William and Jane Kelly

Mark Johnsen
Susan Hinkle
James Hanken

John Groen

SYNOPSIS: Whether the Land Use Petition Act (LUPA) applies only to quasi-judicial land use decisions and not to ministerial decisions such as a boundary line adjustment by the Chelan County Planning Director.

Case No. 4 - 71181-0

COUNSEL

Samuel's Furniture, Inc., Jaffa Holdings, Inc.; and City of Ferndale,
     v.
Washington State Department of Ecology

Kurt Denke
Heather Wolf

Thomas Morrill

SYNOPSIS: Whether the Department of Ecology, in enforcing the Shorelines Management Act, must seek review of local government decisions by means of the Land Use Petition Act.