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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Thursday, January 13, 2005
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Case No. 1 – 74987-6
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COUNSEL
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City of Sequim,
v.
Paul Malkasian
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Craig Ritchie
Peter Eglick
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SYNOPSIS: The City wishes to test the validity of an initiative that was adopted as a city ordinance by 78% of the voters. Did the City sue the correct party when it sued an individual citizen who had been a member of the organization that sponsored the initiative, and if it sued the wrong party, should that citizen recover his attorney fees for defending the ordinance?
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Case No. 2 – 75001-7
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COUNSEL
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Susan T. Alby,
v.
Banc One Financial
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John Montgomery
Gregory Ursich
Robert Rowley
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SYNOPSIS: Susan Alby sold property to her niece. The deed transferring the property contained a clause providing that ownership of the property would return to Alby if the property was mortgaged or encumbered during Alby’s lifetime. Was this clause an unlawful restraint on alienation of property and therefore invalid?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 75092-1
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Anthony Oren Flinn
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Andrea Vitalich
Susan Wilk
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SYNOPSIS: Did extending the start of Flinn’s trial by five weeks because the judge was unavailable violate his right to a speedy trial?
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Case No. 4 – 75076-9
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COUNSEL
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The Quadrant Corporation, and King County,
v.
State of Washington Growth Management Hearings Board, and Friends of the Law
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George Kresovich
Brian Todd/Richard Wilson
H. Kevin Wright/Michael Sinsky
Sharon Eckholm
David Bricklin
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SYNOPSIS: Whether King County’s designation of the Bear Creek area as an urban growth area, or alternatively, as a fully contained community, complied with the Growth Management Act’s requirements for such designations.
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.
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