Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Case No. 1 – 74849-7 (consol. w/4 cases)

COUNSEL

Paul Gallo, Daniel Renshaw, James Dumont, Kenneth Barber and Fred Jones,
     v.
Dept. of Labor and Industries

Robert Milhem
Terry Barnett

John Wasberg
Amy Arvidson

SYNOPSIS: Do “wages” for purposes of calculating time-loss compensation include all payments made by an employer into union trusts?

Case No. 2 – 75026-2

COUNSEL

State of Washington,

     v.
Alejandro Nunez Nevarez

Laura Hayes/Kimberly Thulin
Rosemary Kaholokula

Maureen Cyr/Corey Endo

SYNOPSIS: Whether law enforcement officers must conduct searches of vehicle occupants at the first opportunity after the officer sees a movement or action by a vehicle occupant that creates an officer safety concern.


1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING

200,189-1

COUNSEL

In re:
Bernie W. Potter, Bar No. 23076
An Attorney at Law

Bernie Potter

David Powell-WSBA

SYNOPSIS: Whether the Court should grant the Washington State Bar Association’s Petition for Interim Suspension against Bernie W. Potter, pending his cooperation with a disciplinary investigation.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 – 75262-1

COUNSEL

In re the Parentage of Cassandra Allison Marie Appel.

Christian E. Appel,
     and
Christine S. Norton,
     and
Herlinde Appel

Jordan Gross


Kenneth Masters/Charles Wiggins
Shelby Frost
Mark Patterson

SYNOPSIS: The Court revisits the issue of whether Washington's grandparent visitation statute is constitutional.

Case No. 4 – 75675-9

COUNSEL

Entertainment Industry Coalition,
     v.
Tacoma-Pierce County Board of Health and Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department

Samuel Watkins/Malaika Eaton

Paul Lawrence/Sumeer Singla
Alina McLauchlan

SYNOPSIS: Does state law, which designates public smoking in establishments, conflict with a local smoking ban, thereby making the ban invalid?

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