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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Thursday, September 14, 2006
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Case No. 1 - 78866-9
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COUNSEL
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Jack M. Navlet, et al.
v.
The Port of Seattle
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James Oswald
Richard Birmingham
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SYNOPSIS: Is the Port of Seattle’s welfare trust plan, which provides for retiree welfare benefits to certain employees, exempt from Title I of ERISA under the “governmental plan” exemption, and if so, does state law require the Port to provide its vested employees benefits under the welfare trust plan?
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Case No. 2 - 200,302-8 (WSBA #15830)
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COUNSEL
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In re:
Bradley Rowland Marshall,
Attorney at Law
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Philip Talmadge
Scott G. Busby (WSBA)
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SYNOPSIS: In this attorney discipline case, Marshall challenges the Washington State Bar Association’s findings and its recommended sanction.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 78421-3
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COUNSEL
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Ramona Danny
v.
Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc.
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Kathleen Barnard
M. Katheryn Bradley
Nicholas Beermann
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SYNOPSIS: The Supreme Court must answer a certified federal question from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington: Has the State of Washington established a clear mandate of public policy prohibiting an employer from discharging an at-will employee because she experienced domestic violence and took leave from work to take actions to protect herself, her family, and to hold her accuser accountable?
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Case No. 4 - 77885-0
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington
v.
Mickey William Brown
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Andrew Metts, III/Patrick Johnson, Jr.
Carol Elewski
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SYNOPSIS: The defendant argues that the evidence does not support his conviction for intimidating a witness and that he was incorrectly found to be armed for purposes of a first degree burglary conviction and a firearm sentence enhancement.
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