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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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November 28, 2006
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Due to inclement weather, the oral arguments scheduled for November 28, 2006 have been delayed one hour and the first two cases have been switched. The Washington State Farm Bureau case will start at 10:00 a.m. and Personal Restraint Petition of Skylstad will start at 11:00.
Case No. 1 - 78156-7
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Counsel
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In Re the Personal Restraint Petition of Scott W. Skylstad,
Petitioner.
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Jeffrey Ellis Kevin Korsmo
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SYNOPSIS: Is a judgment final even though a defendant is appealing his sentence?
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Case No. 2 - 78637-2
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COUNSEL
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Washington State Farm Bureau Federation; et al.
v.
Christine O. Gregoire, Governor of the State of Washington; et al
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Richard Stephens/Diana Kirchheim/Samuel Rodabough/Brian Amsbary Jeffrey Even
Maureen Hart
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SYNOPSIS: In 2005, the legislature increased certain taxes without sending them to the voters for their approval. Can those taxes be collected?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 78715-8
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COUNSEL
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John Phillip Anderson, et al
v.
State of Washington, Department of Corrections, et al.
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Professor Helen Anderson Mary McLachlan
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the Department of Corrections may deduct a portion of certain funds received by inmates sentenced to life without the possibility of parole to pay legal financial obligations.
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Case No. 4 - 78995-9
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
John Gilbert Conte, et al.
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Scott Peterson/John Carver Robert Mahler/Irwin H. Schwartz/Richard Hansen/John Wolfe
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SYNOPSIS: The State argues that the trial court should not have dismissed the criminal charges against the defendants.
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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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