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Fall 2006
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 |
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 |
Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court for the 2006 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 |
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 Fall Session 2006, will be:
September 6, 2006
October 10, 2006
October 31, 2006
December 5, 2006
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.
- September 12, 2006
- September 14, 2006
- September 19, 2006
- September 21, 2006
- October 17, 2006
- October 19, 2006
- October 24, 2006
- October 26, 2006
- November 9, 2006
- November 14, 2006
- November 28, 2006
- November 30, 2006
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
September 12, 2006
|
| 77684-9 (C/A 53123-9-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Robert C. Woo, D.D.S. and Anne M. Woo, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof,
Petitioners,
v.
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, a California corporation, National Surety Corporation, an Illinois corporation,
Respondents,
Depositors Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, and The Pacific Underwriters Corporation, a Washington corporation,
Defendants.
|
Richard Kilpatrick
R. Andrew Bergh
Charles Wiggins
Michael King
Michael Runyan
Emilia Sweeney
Michael Rogers
|
| SYNOPSIS: Does an insurer have a duty to defend its insured dentist against a suit brought by an employee resulting from a practical joke the dentist played on the employee while he was performing a dental procedure on her? Does an insurer have a duty to defend its insured dentist against a suit brought by an employee resulting from a practical joke the dentist played on the employee while he was performing a dental procedure on her? |
| 77548-6 (C/A 22942-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Patricia A. Soltero,
Respondent,
v.
Kenneth L. Wimer,
Petitioner.
|
Robert R. Cossey
Allen M. Gauper
|
| SYNOPSIS:
May a court make a just and equitable distribution from one partner's separate property when a meretricious relationship ends?
|
1:30 P.M.
| 77590-7 (C/A 31775-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Stephen Sleasman and Barbara Sleasman,
Petitioners,
v.
City of Lacey,
Respondent.
|
Michael G. Gusa
W. Dale Kamerrer
Joseph M. Svoboda
|
SYNOPSIS:
Stephen and Barb Sleasman own a house on a .29 acre lot in Lacey, Washington. After they cut down their trees, Lacey fined them for violating the tree removal ordinance. The Lacey Municipal Code regulates tree removal on undeveloped or partially developed land only. LMC 14.32.030(C). What is the meaning of “partially developed” under the ordinance? Alternatively, because it fails to define “partially developed,” is the ordinance unconstitutionally vague?
|
| 77708-0 (C/A 22764-0 & 28239-5-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Cashmere Valley Bank, a Washington corporation,
Respondent,
v.
Terry B. Brender, a single man,
Petitioner.
|
Brian Walker
J. Kevin Bromiley
|
| PRO TEM: HOUGHTON, J.P.T
|
CHAMBERS, J. RECUSED
|
SYNOPSIS:
Under the federal Truth in Lending Act loans for personal, family, and household purposes are subject to disclosure requirements; those primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes are exempt. By what method should Washington courts determine whether an extension of credit is primarily for business or commercial purposes?
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
September 14, 2006
|
| 78866-9 (King 03-2-33533-9)
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Jack M. Navlet, Andrew E. Jenkins, Jack Godfrey, Louis Barrow, B.J. Schwartz, Arthur Camp, Ronald Newenhof, Timothy O’Brien and Michael Miller, individually and on behalf of a class of others similarly situated,
Appellants,
v.
The Port of Seattle,
Respondent.
|
James Oswald
Richard Birmingham
|
|
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?
|
| 200,302-8 (WSBA #15830)
WSBA’S Motion to Strike References to Matters Outside the Record on Review & Motion to Strike from Record Letter of Congressman Davis– Passed to the Merits
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| In re:
Bradley Rowland Marshall,
Attorney at Law
|
Philip Talmadge
Scott G. Busby
(WSBA)
|
| PRO TEM: BECKER, J.P.T. | FAIRHURST, J. RECUSED |
|
SYNOPSIS: In this attorney discipline case, Marshall challenges the Washington State Bar Association’s findings and its recommended sanction.
|
1:30 P.M.
| 78421-3 (US District CV05-1047)
Certified from Federal Court
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Ramona Danny,
Plaintiff,
v.
Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc.,
Defendant.
|
Kathleen Barnard
M. Katheryn Bradley
Nicholas Beermann
|
|
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?
|
| 77885-0 (C/A 23776-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Mickey William Brown,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Steven Tucker
Andrew Metts, III
Patrick Johnson, Jr.
Carol Elewski
|
| 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. |
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
September 19, 2006
|
THREE CASES - TWO A.M. - ONE P.M.
| 77689-0 (C/A 23289-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| David L. Tingey,
Petitioner,
v.
Lloyd Haisch and Lucy Haisch, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof,
Respondents.
|
David Tingey
Harold Moberg
|
| 200,315-0 (Consolidated w/200,320-6)
(WSBA # 19879)
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
In re:
Margita Ann-Marie Dornay,
Attorney at Law
|
Robert Noe
Kevin Bank
(WSBA)
|
1:30 P.M.
| 77690-3 (C/A 30434-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
PETITIONER’S MOTION TO STRIKE REQUEST FOR AFFIRMATIVE RELIEF – PASSED TO THE MERITS
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| United States Tobacco Sales and Marketing Company Inc.; U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Brands, Inc.,
Petitioners,
v.
Washington State Department of Revenue,
Respondent.
|
William Severson
Norman Bruns
Hon. Rob McKenna
David Hankins
|
| PRO TEM: SWEENEY, J.P.T.
|
FAIRHURST, J. RECUSED
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
September 21, 2006
|
| 77615-6 (C/A 53027-5-I & 53076-3-I)
Petitions for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Randal Lee Chenoweth,
Petitioner.
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State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Barbara Joyce Wood,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. David S. McEachran
Kimberly Thulin
James Hulbert & Hilary Thomas
Philip Buri
Oliver R. Davis
Hon. David S. McEachran
Kimberly Thulin
James Hulbert & Hilary Thomas
Philip Buri
David B. Koch
Jennifer Dobson
|
| 77753-5 (C/A 53214-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted
Motion to Strike New Issue Raised in Defendant's Supplemental Brief - Passed to the Merits
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Gaylon Lee Thiefault,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Janice Ellis
Mary Kathleen Webber
Seth Fine
Oliver Davis
|
1:30 P.M.
| 77751-9 (C/A 54705-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Matthew Seto, a single person,
Petitioner,
v.
American Elevator, Inc., a Washington corporation,
Respondent.
|
Scott Sayre
Tucker Blair
Jerret Sale
Deborah Carstens
Erik Anderson
|
| 78062-5 (King 94-1-04294-3)
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
Quentin Ervin,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Andrea Vitalich
Howard Phillips
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
October 17, 2006
|
| 77707-1 (C/A 22931-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted
REVIEW GRANTED ONLY ON DAMAGES ISSUE
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| Myrtle E. Woldson,
Petitioner,
v.
John G. Woodhead, Sr., and Jane Doe Woodhead, husband and wife,
Respondents.
|
Dennis Hession
Daniel Huntington
Steven Jones
|
| 77706-3 (C/A 54171-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
Motion to Strike New Issue Raised in Respondent's Supplemental Brief – Passed to the Merits
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
John E. Coleman, Jr.,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Brian McDonald
Oliver Davis
|
1:30 P.M.
| 77719-5 (C/A 54767-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
Motion to Strike State's Arguments - Passed to the Merits.
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Nathan Michael Kirkpatrick,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Carla Carlstrom
Catherine McDowall
James Whisman
Dana Lind
|
| 78428-1 (C/A 23427-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Kyle Keith Kronich,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Steven Tucker
Brian O’Brien
Kevin Korsmo
Tracy Staab
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Central Washington University
|
October 19, 2006
|
THREE CASES - TWO A.M. - ONE P.M.
| 77700-4 (C/A 31451-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Danny Wayne Evans,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Susan Baur
John Hays
|
| 77985-6 (C/A 23504-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
30 Minutes Per Side
|
| Herbert Nelson, on his behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Respondent,
v.
Appleway Chevrolet, Inc., a Washington corporation, d/b/a Appleway Subaru/ Volkswagen/Audi, Appleway Audi, Appleway Automotive Group, Appleway Chevrolet Leasing, Appleway Group, Appleway Mazda, Appleway Mitsubishi, Appleway Subaru, Appleway Towing, Appleway Toyota, Appleway Volkswagen, East Trent Auto Sales, Lexus of Spokane, Opportunity Center, and TSP Distributors; and Autonation, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Petitioners.
|
Kim Stephens
Max Jacobs
Brian Sheldon
Kimberlee Gunning
Stephen Rummage
Daniel Katz
Luba Shur
|
1:30 P.M.
| 77281-9 (C/A 21148-7-III)
Petition for Review Granted
MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT RECORD WITH DISSOLUTION DECREE – PASSED TO THE MERITS
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Kendra Lynn Watt,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Andrew Miller
Terry Bloor
Douglas Phelps
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
October 24, 2006
|
| 77858-2 (C/A 52622-7-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington, on behalf of M.M.G. and V.M.G., children,
Respondent,
v.
Richard Scott Graham, Father,
Petitioner,
and
Michele Leann Cunliffe, Mother,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Lloyd Corgan
Catherine Smith
Patricia Novotny
|
| 77890-6 (C/A 31892-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
REVIEW GRANTED ONLY TO ROBERT McCAUSLAND’S ISSUES ONLY
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| In re the Marriage of
Angela Karon McCausland,
Petitioner,
and
Robert Glenn McCausland,
Respondent.
|
James Lopez
Catherine Smith
Valerie Villacin
Jeffrey Robinson
|
1:30 P.M.
| 77767-5 (C/A 29965-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted
REVIEW GRANTED AS TO ISSUES 1 AND 2 ONLY
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Nicholas Daniel Hacheney,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Russell Hauge
Randall Sutton
John Cross
|
| 77974-1 (C/A 54017-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| American Discount Corporation, a Washington corporation,
Plaintiff,
and
United Collection Service, Inc.,
Petitioner,
v.
W. Austin Shepherd, Jr., and Joy L. Shepherd, husband and wife,
Respondents.
|
Walter Palmer, Sr.
Marc Stern
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
October 26, 2006
|
THREE CASES – TWO A.M. – ONE P.M.
| 77507-9 (C/A 52824-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted
Respondent's Motion to Strike – Passed to the Merits
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Kim Heichel Mason,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Andrea Vitalich
Nancy Collins
|
| 77472-2 (C/A 30402-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
REVIEW LIMITED TO BUTTON & DOG ISSUE
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Brian Keith Lord,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Russell Hauge
Randall Sutton
Catherine Glinski
|
1:30 P.M.
78166-4 (C/A 31557-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted
Review Granted on Double Jeopardy Issue Only
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Brian Zane Womac,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Gerald Horne
Michelle Luna-Green
Rebecca Bouchey
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
November 9, 2006
|
| 78656-9 (King 03-1-09574-1)
MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT RECORD -PASSED TO THE MERITS
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Michael M. Miles,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Ivan Orton
Kevin McCabe
|
| 78652-6 (King 04-2-40867-9)
(CONSOLIDATED)
Motion to Include Illustrative Exhibits in Appendix to Brief and Motion to Include Copy from Excerpts of Fed. Agency Guidance in Appendix – Passed to the Merits
|
30 Minutes Per Side
|
|
David J. Jenkins,
Respondent,
v.
Department of Social and Health Services,
Appellant.
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78931-2 (C/A 33088-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
Venetta Gasper, Tommye Myers and David Jenkins,
Respondents,
v.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services,
Petitioner.
|
Gregory McBroom
Rajiv Nagaich
Hon. Rob McKenna
William Williams
Michael Young
Meagan MacKenzie
Amy Crewdson
Gregory McBroom
Rajiv Nagaich
Hon. Rob McKenna
William Williams
Michael Young
|
1:30 P.M.
78097-8 (C/A 23874-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
John Levi Swiger,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Steven Tucker
Kevin Korsmo
Paul Wasson
|
| 78139-7 (C/A 55160-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
Department of Labor and Industries of the State of Washington,
Petitioner,
v.
William A. Granger,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Rob McKenna
John Wasberg
Terry Barnett
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
November 14, 2006
|
THREE CASES – TWO A.M. – ONE P.M.
78052-8 (C/A 32332-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Eric Albert Watson,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Gerald Horne
Alicia Burton
Rebecca Bouchey
|
| 78449-3 (King 05-2-24680-4)
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
Doris Burns, Rud Okeson, Arthur T. Lane, Kenneth Gorohoff and Walter L. Williams, individually and on behalf of the class of all persons similarly situated,
Appellants,
v.
The City of Seattle, The City of Shoreline, The City of Burien, The City of Lake Forest Park, The City of SeaTac and The City of Tukwila,
Respondents.
|
David Jurca
Connie Haslam
Colette Kostelec
Hon. Thomas Carr
Robert Cromwell, Jr.
Suzanne Smith
William Patton
Ian Sievers
Shelley Kerslake
Michael Ruark
Mary Bartolo
Mark Johnsen
Donald Cohen
|
1:30 P.M.
78128-1 (C/A 22704-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
Clark E. Kinney and Barbara E. Kinney, individually and the marital community,
Respondents,
v.
Kenneth B. Cook,
Petitioner.
|
Maris Baltins
Tamara Murock
Lawrence Small
Erin Jacobson
John Munding
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
November 28, 2006
|
| 78156-7 (C/A 24681-7-III)
Discretionary Review Granted
Motion to Supplement the Record On Review – Passed to the Merits
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| In re the Personal Restraint Petition of
Scott W. Skylstad,
Petitioner.
|
Jeffrey Ellis
Hon. Steven Tucker
Kevin Korsmo
|
| 78637-2 (Snohomish 05-2-10166-9) |
30 Minutes Per Side
|
Washington State Farm Bureau Federation; Washington State Grange; National Federation of Independent Business Building Industry Association of Washington; Evergreen Freedom Foundation; Washington Association of Realtors; and Steve Neighbors,
Respondents,
v.
Christine O. Gregoire, Governor of the State of Washington; State Expenditure Limit Committee; and State of Washington,
Appellants.
|
Richard Stephens
Diana Kirchheim
Samuel Rodabough
Brian Amsbary
Hon. Rob McKenna
Jeffrey Even
Maureen Hart
|
1:30 P.M.
| 78715-8 (Clallam 05-2-00446-3)
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
| John Phillip Anderson and Frank Reed Nordlund, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals,
Appellants,
v.
State of Washington, Department of Corrections, Harold Clarke, Secretary, Washington State Department of Corrections, Sandra Carter, Superintendent, Clallam Bay Corrections Center, Crystal Corliss, Financial Analyst 2/Inmate Accounts Officer, Clallam Bay Corrections Center,
Respondents.
|
Professor Helen Anderson
Hon. Rob McKenna
Mary McLachlan
Sara Olson
|
| 78995-9 (King 05-1-08807-5)
|
20 Minutes Per Side
|
|
State of Washington,
Appellant,
v.
John Gilbert Conte, Frank Francis Colacurcio, Jr., Frank Francis Colacurcio, Sr., and Marsha Marie Furfaro,
Respondents.
|
Hon. Norm Maleng
Scott Peterson
John Carver
Robert Mahler
Irwin H. Schwartz
Richard Hansen
John Wolfe
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
Olympia
|
November 30, 2006
|
ONE CASE ONLY - A.M.
| 73155-1 (Pierce 00-1-03253-8)
DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
|
120 Minutes Per Side
|
| State of Washington,
Respondent,
v.
Robert Lee Yates, Jr.,
Appellant.
|
Hon. Gerald Horne
Kathleen Proctor
Donna Masumoto
Thomas Kummerow
Gregory Link
Nancy Collins
|
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