9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, January 31, 2002

Case No. 1 - 70814-2

COUNSEL

Washington Water Jet Workers Association; Talon Industries, Inc.; Cutting Technology, Inc.; Pacific-Rim Enterprises, Ltd.; Jetpoint Technologies L.L.C.; Specialty Metals Corp.; Definitive Solutions & Technologies, Inc.; and Maxtec, Inc.,
     v.
Howard Yarbrough; Washington State Department of Corrections, Division of Correctional Industries; Jet Holdings, et al.

Richard Stephens





Michael Ballnik
Carol Murphy
Robert Nylander, Jr.
Philip Cutler

SYNOPSIS: Whether RCW 72.09.100(1), which authorizes the State to contract with for-profit organizations to employ prison inmates in the production of goods and services for sale, violates Const. art. II, § 29.

Case No. 2 - 71221-2

COUNSEL

State of Washington,
     v.
Karl Alan Schultz

Seth Fine

Eric Broman

SYNOPSIS: Whether a pretrial no-contact order entered pursuant to RCW 10.99.040 remains in effect after the defendant's conviction, based on a provision so specifying in the findings and sentence, but without entry of a post-conviction no-contact order under RCW 10.99.050.

Case No. 3 - 71222-1

COUNSEL

Puget Sound Financial, L.L.C., f/k/a Factors of Puget Sound, L.L.C.,
     v.

Unisearch, Inc.

Karien Balluff
Shannon Braden

Camden Hall
Roger Mellem
Sharon Cates

SYNOPSIS: Whether, in the context of repeated commercial transactions between businesses, limitations on consequential damages printed on regular service invoices are enforceable.

Case No. 4 - 71569-6

COUNSEL

N. John Kilian and Lyn Kilian, husband and wife,
     v.
Mitch Atkinson, in his individual capacity and Jane Doe Atkinson, husband and wife; and the City of Chelan

Paul Burns


Charles Zimmerman
Brian Walker

SYNOPSIS: A certified question from the United States District Court is whether an age discrimination claim can be asserted by an independent contractor against the City of Chelan and its Mayor under RCW 49.60.030, a provision of the Washington Law Against Discrimination.