Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, September 30, 2004

Case No. 1 – 74768-7

COUNSEL

John E. Diehl,
     v.
Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board; and Mason County

John Diehl

Martha Lantz
Darren Nienaber

SYNOPSIS: Mr. Diehl appealed a growth management hearings board decision in superior court. Does he have to follow the same procedural rules as if he were filing a civil suit?

Case No. 2 – 74759-8

COUNSEL

Rose Antonius,

     v.
King County

Philip Talmadge/Anne Watson
Carol Hepburn

Diane Taylor/John Zeldenrust

SYNOPSIS: Should the court use the federal analysis for deciding whether under state law an employer may be liable in a hostile work environment sex-based discrimination action for acts occurring more than three years before suit is filed?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 – 74508-1

COUNSEL

In re the Marriage of

Margo R. Langham, f/k/a Kolde,
     and
Velle J. Kolde

Patricia Novotny

Roberta Doyle
Charles Wiggins

SYNOPSIS:Langham alleges her former husband, Kolde, converted her stock options. The court must decide if he converted her options, and if so, when a conversion of stock options occurs, and what the correct measure of damages is.

Case No. 4 – 74974-4

COUNSEL

Estates of Wylie M. Hemphill, Wyoma G. Shea, and Morgan J. O’Brien, by personal representatives,

     v.
State of Washington, Department of Revenue (Estate Tax); and William Rice, its Acting Chief Executive Officer

Ray Siderius/C.R. Lonergan, Jr.
William Wall
G. Lawrence Salkield
Orly Sorrel

Debra Casparian
Donald Cofer

SYNOPSIS: Are Washington estate taxes collected since 2002 invalid if not reimbursed by a federal tax credit?

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