Supreme Court Docket

Spring 2005

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice

Gerry Alexander

Justice

Charles W. Johnson

Justice

Barbara A. Madsen

Justice

Richard B. Sanders

Justice

Bobbe J. Bridge

Justice

Tom Chambers

Justice

Susan Owens

Justice

Mary E. Fairhurst

Justice

James M. Johnson


Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk

C. J. Merritt

Court Commissioner

Geoffrey Crooks

Reporter

Tim Fuller

Administrator for the Courts

Janet McLane

State Law Librarian

Kay Newman

Bailiff

Steve Englehorn


Order

Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court for the Spring 2005 Session as indicated below:

Department One

Hon. Gerry L. Alexander, Chief Justice

Hon. Charles W. Johnson Hon. Richard B. Sanders
Hon. Tom Chambers Hon. Mary E. Fairhurst

Department Two

Hon. Gerry L. Alexander, Chief Justice

Hon. Barbara A. Madsen Hon. Bobbe J. Bridge
Hon. Susan Owens Hon. James M. Johnson


Notice to Attorneys

Regular Sessions of the Court begin in January (Winter), May (Spring), and September (Fall) of each year.

Cases set for the mornings are subject to call at 9:00 a.m. Those set in the afternoon are subject to call at l:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

The Court will sometimes take a short recess following the first case in the morning and the first case in the afternoon.

Motion days in the Spring Session, 2005, will be:

May 3, 2005
June 1, 2005
July 12, 2005

Settings will not be altered or vacated by the Chief Justice except upon a showing of unavoidable cause.

As provided in RCW 2.32.070, counsel of record and criminal defendants shall be supplied a copy of opinion without charge.


The titles of the cases listed in this docket are not the official titles for purposes of opinions


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M./ONE IN P.M.

200,124-6 (consol. w/200,131-9)

20 Minutes Per Side

In re: Jeffrey G. Poole, Bar No. 15578
Attorney at Law

Kurt Bulmer
Catherine Smith

Michael Hunsinger-WSBA

PRO TEM JUDGES: Judge Brown

/J. Sanders recuses

200,153-0
MOTION TO STRIKE APPENDIX AND FOR AWARD, and MOTION TO FILE ADDITIONAL BRIEF-PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 Minutes Per Side

In re: Jeffrey T. Haley, Bar No. 9526
Attorney at Law

Jeffrey Haley

Randy Von Beitel-WSBA


1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING

200,218-8

15 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re:
James E. Freeley, Bar No. 11251
An Attorney at Law
James Freeley

Joanne Abelson-WSBA

PRO TEM JUDGES: None/J. Johnson, J. recuses


1:30 P.M.

75635-0 (C/A 29142-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted

CONSOLIDATED

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.

Byron Lee Brown,
          Petitioner.

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76195-7

Personal Restraint Petition of

Byron Lee Brown,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Arthur Curtis
James David
Thomas Duffy

Pattie Mhoon






Hon. Arthur Curtis
James David

Pattie Mhoon


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Thursday, May 12, 2005

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M./ONE IN P.M.

75493-4 (C/A 29351-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

Ferry County,
          Petitioner,
     v.

Concerned Friends of Ferry County and Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board,
          Respondents.

Stephen Graham


Michael Pierson
Megan McCloskey
Hon. Rob McKenna
Martha Lantz

75549-3 (C/A 22011-7-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

Heriberto Berrocal and Rafael Castillo,
          Respondents,
     v.

Max Fernandez and Ann Fernandez, a marital community, and Western Range Association,
          Petitioners.

Lori Isley
Daniel Ford
Victor Lara

Ryan Edgley
Paul Beattie, Jr.


1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING

200,239-1

15 Minutes Per Side

In re:
Terry O. Forbes, Bar No. 5626
An Attorney at Law

Terry Forbes

Natalea Skvir-WSBA


1:30 P.M.

75563-9 (C/A 29655-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

In re the Parentage of:

Joseph M. Kepl, Daniel Robert Kepl,

Children,

Teresa Brock,
          Petitioner,
     and

Michael J. Kepl,
          Respondent.







Boyd Wiley
Daniel Smith
Talis Abolins

Christopher Constantine


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

200,081-9
Motion to Strike Portions of Respondent’s Brief-Passed to the Merits

20 Minutes Per Side

In re: Donald Bruce Kronenberg, Bar No. 13979

Attorney at Law

Gregory Miller

Joanne Abelson-WSBA

200,173-4

20 Minutes Per Side

In re: Joseph P. Whitney, Bar No. 24073

Attorney at Law

David Wecker

Elizabeth Turner-WSBA
Linda Eide


1:30 P.M.

75623-6 (C/A 29793-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

Association of Washington Business,
          Petitioner,
     v.

State of Washington, Department of Revenue,
          Respondent.

Franklin Dinces
Geoffrey Knudsen


Hon. Rob McKenna
Donald Cofer Maureen Hart
Jeffrey Goltz

Pro Tem Judges: Judge Becker

/J. Fairhurst recuses

75637-6 (C/A 28146-5-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Petitioner,
     v.

Roberta Jean Elmore,
          Respondent.

Hon. Gerald Horne
John Hillman


Eric Broman


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Thursday, May 19, 2005

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M./ONE IN P.M.

75641-4 (Kittitas 032005692)
Discretionary Review Granted

MOTION FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS-PASSED TO THE MERITS

30 Minutes Per Side

Advanced Silicon Materials, LLC,
          Respondent,
     v.

Grant County,
          Petitioner.

Norman Bruns
William Severson

Hon. John Knodell
Stephen Hallstrom
Teresa Chen

PRO TEM JUDGES: Judge Baker/J. Bridge recuses

76629-1 (Fed CV045128AAM)

30 Minutes Per Side

United States of America, et al.,
          Plaintiff,

     v.

Linda Hoffman, in her official capacity a Director of the Washington Department of Ecology, et. al.,
          Defendants.

Stephen Cherry
Stephen Smith
Matthew Segal
Michael Zevenbergen

Hon. Rob McKenna
Joseph Shorin
Elliott Furst
Laura Watson
Andrew Fitz
Michael Robinson-Dorn

PRO TEM JUDGES: Judge Baker/J. Bridge recuses


1:30 P.M.

76036-5 (King 042050251 SEA)
MOTION TO STRIKE AMICUS APPENDIX MATERIAL-PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 Minutes Per Side

Patrick J. Sheehan and James T. Reynolds, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,
          Appellants,

     v.
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, a Washington municipal corporation, Seattle Popular Monorail Authority, a Washington municipal corporation, and State of Washington,
          Respondents.

James Smith, Jr.
James Hennessey
Jeffrey Thomas

Paul Lawrence
Matthew Segal
Sarah Johnson
Hon. Rob McKenna
Jerald Anderson
Desmond Brown
Ross MacFarlane
Cameron Comfort
Donald Cofer

PRO TEM JUDGES: Judge Baker/J. Bridge recuses


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

75545-1 (C/A 51535-7-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.

Leslie A. Kull,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Norm Maleng
Daniel Clark


Sharon Blackford

75606-6 (C/A 52188-8-I)
(consol. w/52329-5)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

Donald R. Gorman and Flaellen Gorman, husband and wife,
          Petitioners,
     v.
Garlock, Inc.; Foster-Wheeler Energy Corporation; Uniroyal, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.; Gasket Company; Fraser’s Boiler Service, Inc.; Riley Stoker Corporation; Saberhagen Holdings, Inc.,
          Defendants,
     and

Lockheed Shipbuilding Company and Todd Shipyards Corporation,
          Respondents.

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Wilhemina Helton for herself and as personal representative for the Estate of Eddie Helton, a/k/a Eddie Helton, deceased,
          Petitioners,
     v.
Todd Shipyards Corporation,
          Respondent,
     and

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Asbestos Corporation, Ltd; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.; Foster-Wheeler Energy Corporation; Fraser’s Boiler Service, Inc.; and Saberhagen Holdings, Inc.,
          Defendants.

William Rutzick












William Beaver, Jr.
Walter Barton
Robert Madden




William Rutzick



William Beaver, Jr.
Walter Barton


1:30 P.M.

75728-3 (C/A 52351-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.
Zachary E. Tinker,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Norm Maleng
Amy Holt

Dana Lind

75866-2(C/A 52217-5-I)
Petition for Review Granted

MOTION TO STRIKE PETITIONER’S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF-PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington
          Respondent,
     v.
Stephen E. Leyda,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Norm Maleng
Brian McDonald


Eric Nielsen


9:30 a.m.

Tacoma

Thursday, May 26, 2005

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M./ONE IN P.M

75784-4 (C/A 52195-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Petitioner,
     v.
Roy Bernard Linton,
          Respondent.

Hon. Janice Ellis
Seth A. Fine


Dana Lind

76284-8 (Pierce 042102028)

30 Minutes Per Side

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, a regional transit authority, d/b/a Sound Transit,
          Respondents,

     v.
Kenneth R. Miller and Barbara I. Miller, husband and wife, and Miller Building Enterprises, Inc., a Washington corporation,
          Appellant,
Northwest Community Bank, Designated Trustee Services, Inc., Bertram P. Weinman and Myra Weinman, Trustees of The Weinman Family Trust, Alan J. Wrye and Pansy D. Wrye, Vivian Bartlett,
          Defendants,
Pierce County, a municipal corporation,
          Respondent.

P. Stephen DiJulio
Sharon Cates
Jeffrey Taraday


Charles Klinge
Diana Kirchheim







Hon. Gerald Horne
David Prather


1:30 P.M.

76013-6 (C/A 51954-9-I)
(consol. w/52303-1, 52373-2, 52472-1, 52704-5 & 52277-9)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.
Antoine Robert Surge; Christopher Yarbrough; Shabray McMurry; James McClinton; Ricardo Guzman-Gil; and Allen Bowman,
          Petitioners.

Hon. Norm Maleng
Carla Carlstrom

David Koch
Eric Bromen
Gregory Link
Maureen Cyr


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Tuesday, June 7, 2005

75577-9 (C/A 21729-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted

MOTION TO DISMISS-PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 Minutes Per Side

Spokane Research & Defense Fund, a Washington non-profit corporation,
          Plaintiff,
Tim Connor; Rhubarb Sky LLC,
          Petitioners,
     v.
City of Spokane, a Washington first class charter city,
          Respondent.




David Blair-Loy
Nancy Pacharzina

Laurel Siddoway
David Groesbeck

75662-7 (C/A 21603-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted

30 Minutes Per Side

Steven M. Korslund, Virginia A. Miller, John Acosta,
          Respondents,
     v.
Dyncorp Tri-Cities Services, Inc., a Washington corporation, Fluor Hanford, Inc., a Washington corporation,
          Petitioners.

Victoria Vreeland

Larry Halvorson
Michael Saunders


1:30 P.M.

76082-9 (Snohomish 042104872)

20 Minutes Per Side

Ann and Tom Conom, and their marital community,
          Appellants,
     v.
Snohomish County, a municipal corporation; Carefree Homes, Inc.; Robert and Barbara King, and their marital community,
          Respondents.

Tom Conom, Pro Se


Hon. Janice Ellis
Jason Cummings
Randy Boyer

75715-1 (C/A 30647-6-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.
Tina L. Klein,
          Petitioner.

Hon. H. Steward Menefee
Gerald Fuller

Brett Ballew


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Thursday, June 9, 2005

THREE CASES ONLY, TWO IN A.M./ONE IN P.M.

72919-1 (C/A 25220-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

State of Washington,
          Respondent,

     v.
Nathan Dallas Brightman,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Gerald Horne
John Hillman
Alicia Burton

Kevin Cole

76723-8 (King 022051995 SEA)

30 MINUTES PER SIDE

Said Aba Sheikh,
          Respondent,

     v.

Kevin S. Choe and Kum S. Choe, d/b/a South Seattle Market, a sole proprietorship; Shell Corporation, a foreign corporation; Height Point Mini Mart & Deli, a domestic nonprofit corporation; State of Washington; King County; Emma Daniels; Michael Gallow; Mychal Anderson; Pulefano Ativalu; and Miguel T. Pierre,
          Appellants.

Darrell Cochran
Fred Diamondstone
Jay Krulewitch
John Connelly

Hon. Rob McKenna
Jeffrey Freimund
Terry Sebring


1:30 P.M.

75915-4 (C/A 51916-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted

MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PETITIONER’S BRIEF-PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.
Robert John Morse,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Janice Ellis
Thomas Curtis

Seth Fine
Susan Wilk


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Thursday, June 23, 2005

75821-2 (C/A 22411-2-III)
Petition for Review Granted

30 MINUTES PER SIDE

Elaine Willman and Citizens Standup! Committee,
          Petitioners,
     v.
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, and Pacificorp, d/b/a Pacific Power and Light Company,
          Respondents.

Eric Richter

Hon. Rob McKenna
Robert Cedarbaum 
Louis Peterson
John West/Mary Crego
Michael O’Connell
Jill Bowman/James Van Nostrand
Scott Kaplan

PRO TEM JUDGES: Judge Hunt

/J.M. Johnson, J. recuses

75928-6 (C/A 51816-0-I)
(consol. w/51817-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted

MOTION TO STRIKE DECLARATIONS-PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.
Calvin Manley Smith,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Norm Maleng
Carla Carlstrom

Eric Broman


1:30 P.M.

75977-4 (C/A 48662-4-I)
(consol. w/50830-0-I & 50135-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted

30 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re Paul Trummel,
          Petitioner,
     v.

Stephen Mitchell, et al., and Council House, Inc.,
          Respondents.
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Stephen Mitchell, et al., and Council House, Inc.,
          Respondents,
     v.
Paul Trummel,
          Petitioner.

William Crittenden
Elena Garella
Eric Broman

Richard Dubey/Beth Gordie


Richard Dubey/Beth Gordie
Thane Somerville

William Crittenden
Elena Garella
Eric Broman

75824-7 (C/A 30837-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

Jill Doty,
          Respondent,
     v.
Town of South Prairie,
          Petitioner.

John Schedler
Christina Smith


Michael Tierney


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

75889-1 (C/A 49656-5-I)
(consol. w/49693-0-I & 51918-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted

30 Minutes Per Side

David Koenig,
          Respondent,
     v.
City of Des Moines and Des Moines Police Department,
          Petitioners.

William Crittenden
Elena Garella

Linda Marousek
David Bruce

75878-6 (King 032322890 SEA)

30 Minutes Per Side

Jason Brown, et al.,
          Respondents,

     v.

State of Washington,
          Appellant,

     v.
Federal Way School District
No. 210, et al.,
          Interested Parties.

Thomas Ahearne
Ramsey Ramerman
Alice Ostdiek

Hon. Rob McKenna
David Stolier

Lester Porter
Lance Andree
Christopher Hirst
Philip Guess
Michael Hoge
Craig Hanson
Rockie Hansen


1:30 P.M.

75982-1 (C/A 21289-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
MOTION TO STRIKE EVIDENCE-PASSED TO THE MERITS

20 Minutes Per Side

Kershaw Sunnyside Ranches, Inc., a Washington corporation,
          Petitioner,
     v.
Yakima Interurban Lines Association, a Washington nonprofit corporation, BNSF Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation, The State of Washington,
          Defendants,
Level 3 Communications, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
          Respondent,
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Delaware company,
          Defendant.

Kevan Montoya







James Berg

75771-2 (C/A 51013-4-I)
(consol. w/52477-1)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

State of Washington,
          Petitioner,
     v.
Jonathan Bisson,
          Respondent.
Hon. Norm Maleng
Andrea Vitalich

Eric Nielsen
Montell Hester
Wayne Fricke


9:00 a.m.

Olympia

Thursday, June 30, 2005

75605-8 (Pierce 031044492)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

State of Washington,
          Respondent,

     v.

Stoney D. Shafer,
          Appellant.

Hon. Gerald Horne
Donna Masumoto
Kathleen Proctor
John Neeb

Lenell Nussbaum

76051-9 (C/A 51400-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.
Zachary A. Kinneman,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Norm Maleng
John Carver

Nancy Collins


1:30 P.M.

76818-8 (King 042215404 SEA)

30 MINUTES PER SIDE

Camille Hope Coppernoll, a minor child, through her Guardian and parents Karin and James Coppernoll; Geraldine A. King and Richard King, wife and husband; Russell G. Foster and Marilyn Foster, husband and wife; C.G. and M. G-P, two minor children, through their parent, K. G-P,
          Appellants,
     v.
Sam Reed, in his official capacity as Secretary of the State of Washington,
          Respondent,

     and
Jeffrey B. Collins, M.D., on behalf of the Washington State Medical Association (WSMA) and Doctors For Sensible Lawsuit Reform,
          Intervenors/Respondents.

John Budlong
Reed Schifferman
John Connelly
Judy Massong



Hon. Rob McKenna
Jeffrey Even
Jay Geck
Maureen Hart

Mary Spillane

77010-7 (Original)

20 Minutes Per Side

Washington State Farm Bureau Federation, Washington State Grange, National Federation of Independent Business, Building Industry Association of Washington, Evergreen Freedom Foundation, and Dan Wood, individually, and Washington Association of Realtors,
          Petitioners,
     v.
Sam Reed, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Washington,
          Respondent.
Richard Stephens
Diana Kirchheim





Hon. Rob McKenna
Maureen Hart
James Pharris
Jeffrey Even
 

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