9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
November 29, 2007 |
THREE CASES ONLY – TWO A.M. – ONE P.M.
Case No. 1 - 80396-0
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COUNSEL |
Futurewise, et al.
Washington State Department of Community,
Trade and Economic Development, et al.
v.
City of Anacortes
Washington Public Ports Association
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Keith Scully/Melissa O'Loughlin White/Matthew Taylor
Alan Copsey/Thomas Young
Ian Munce/P. Stephen DiJulio/Susan Drummond
Eric Laschever/Steven Thiele |
SYNOPSIS: The legislature has transferred protection of critical areas within shorelines from the Growth Management Act to the Shoreline Management Act. Was that transfer prospective and if so, what triggers it? |
Case No. 2 - 80472-9
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COUNSEL |
Charles Sales, et ux.
v.
Weyerhaeuser Company |
Matthew Bergman/David Frockt/Brian Ladenburg
John Phillips/John Geyman
Diane Kero/Elizabeth Martin
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SYNOPSIS: Mr. Sales filed suit in Washington, and the trial court dismissed under the forum non conveniens doctrine after finding that Arkansas state court was a more convenient forum. Did the trial court err in not conditioning the dismissal on Weyerhaeuser going forward in Arkansas state court and not removing the case to federal court? |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 79608-4
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COUNSEL |
Michael B. Livingston
v.
Department of Corrections
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Duane Swinton/Tracy LeRoy
Peter Berney/Carol Murphy/Daniel Judge |
SYNOPSIS: Whether the Department of Corrections validly withheld a public record from an inmate who requested it under the public records act. |
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public.
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