Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

June 22, 2010

Case No. 1 – 82264-6

COUNSEL

JULIE ANDERSON, et al.
          v.
AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC., et al.

Lincoln Beauregard/John Connelly, Jr.

Kelly Corr/William Walsh/Steven Fogg

SYNOPSIS: When can an expert testify that a mother’s exposure to a toxin caused a child’s birth defects?

Case No. 2 – 83172-6

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
          v.
ANDRE TOI MENESES

Dennis McCurdy

Elizabeth McNeely Albertson

SYNOPSIS: Did the defendant’s convictions for both telephone harassment and intimidating a witness violate double jeopardy, and did the trial court properly instruct the jury?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 – 82961-6

COUNSEL

SCHOOL DISTRICTS’ ALLIANCE FOR ADEQUATE
FUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, et al.
          v.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON; GARY LOCKE, et al.

John Bjorkman/Christopher Hirst/Grace Tsuang Yuan
& Gregory Wong

William Clark/Newell Smith/David Stolier


SYNOPSIS: Does the State’s mechanism for funding special education violate the Washington Constitution?

Case No. 4 – 83177-7

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
          v.
S.J.W.

Colleen Kenimond

Jennifer Sweigert

SYNOPSIS: Whether a trial court should presume a child is competent to testify as a witness.

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