Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, September 19, 2002

Case No. 1 - 70874-6

COUNSEL

Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, et al.

         v.
Washington Forest Protection Assn., et al.

Todd True
Peter Goldman

Patricia O'Brien/Jay Geck
Elaine Spencer

SYNOPSIS: Whether a suit may be brought under the Administrative Procedure Act for an agency's failure to promulgate required forest practice rules, without first petitioning the agency for rulemaking under the Act.

Case No. 2 - 71847-4

COUNSEL

Retired Public Employees Council of Washington; et al.,
         v.
John F. Charles, Director of the Department of Retirement Systems

Don Clocksin

Spencer W. Daniels

SYNOPSIS: Whether the 2000 legislature unlawfully altered the employer contribution rates established by the Pension Funding Council for the Public Employees' Retirement System Plan 1 and the Teachers' Retirement System Plan 1.

Case No. 3 - 71905-5

COUNSEL

Colleen Rose Young
         v.
Arthur Clark and Jane Doe Clark

Dominic Bacetich

Bret Simmons

SYNOPSIS: Whether RCW 4.12.020(3), which requires an action arising out of an automobile accident to be brought in the county where the accident occurred or where the defendant resides, is a jurisdictional statute or a venue statute.

Case No. 4 - 71926-8

COUNSEL

Cathleen L. Shoop and
Ken Shoop
         v.
Kittitas County and John Does I-IV

Carl Lopez

C. William Bailey
Gretchen Salazar

SYNOPSIS: Whether RCW 36.01.050, which requires an action against a county to be brought in that county or one of the two nearest counties, is a jurisdictional statute or a venue statute.