9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Thursday, September 18, 2003
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Case No. 1 – 73171-3
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COUNSEL
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Mount Adams School District,
v.
William D. Cook; Mount Adams Education Assn; and Washington Education Assn
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Rockney Jackson
Kirk Ehlis
Kevan Montoya
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SYNOPSIS: Mount Adams School District fired William Cook, a teacher, for not having a teaching certificate on the first day of school. Mr. Cook argues that the school district’s decision to fire him must be submitted to arbitration.
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Case No. 2 – 73306-6
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COUNSEL
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Linda Blaney,
v.
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District No. 160
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Philip Talmadge
Stephen Connor
John Mele
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SYNOPSIS: The trial court found that the District discriminated against Blaney because she is a woman. Three issues concerning the money she was awarded will be discussed today: (1) was the trial court correct in telling the jury to figure out Blaney’s future wage and benefits loss from the date of the trial until her retirement, and (2) should Blaney get more money to cover the taxes she will have to pay on the money she won and (3) to pay her attorneys for the work they did on her appeal?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 73734-7
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COUNSEL
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Parkland Light & Water Co., Fruitland Mutual Water Co., Mountain View-Edgewater Water Co., Summit Water and Supply Co., Spanaway Water Co., et al.
v.
Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health and The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Dept.
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G. Perrin Walker/Neli Espe
Michael Ruark/Katherine Weber
Geoffrey Cross/Eric Maughan
James Dionne
Jeffrey Ganson/Clifford Foster
Paul Lawrence/Jay Carlson
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SYNOPSIS: A number of water districts challenge the Pierce County Board of Health’s regulation requiring the water districts to add fluoride to the water.
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Case No. 4 – 73745-2
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COUNSEL
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State ex rel. Citizens Against Tolls (CAT), a Washington non-profit corporation,
v.
Michael J. Murphy, Washington State Treasurer, et al.
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Shawn Newman
Thomas Morrill
Deborah Cade
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SYNOPSIS: Citizens Against Tolls (CAT) challenges the State’s decision to award several contracts without a normal bidding process and to allow repayment of the motor vehicle fund that pays off state bonds with toll revenues in the Tacoma Narrows Bridge project. CAT also claims that the law allowing the Tacoma Narrows Bridge project to go forward is unconstitutional and that several errors were made by the trial judge.
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