| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
November 18, 2010 |
THREE CASES ONLY – TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.
Case No. 1 - 84483-6 |
COUNSEL |
City of Seattle
v.
Robert m. Mckenna |
Peter Holmes/Laura Wishik
Jeffrey Even/Maureen Hart |
SYNOPSIS: Attorney General Rob McKenna joined Washington State as a plaintiff in a multi-state challenge to recently passed federal health care reform legislation. The City of Seattle argues the Attorney General acted outside the scope of his authority. Seattle asks this court to force McKenna to withdraw Washington from the lawsuit. |
Case No. 2 – 84704-5 |
COUNSEL |
Peter Goldmark
v.
Robert m. Mckenna |
David Bricklin
Alan Copsey/Maureen Hart |
SYNOPSIS: Must Attorney General Rob McKenna represent Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark in an appeal from a trial court decision? |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 83807-1 |
COUNSEL |
Optimer International, Inc.
v.
RP Bellevue, L.L.C. |
Craig Sternberg/Aaron Okrent
Paul Brain |
SYNOPSIS: Did the Court of Appeals err in considering a statute not raised by the parties below? If not, does a statute retroactively prohibiting waiver of an arbitration award violate the contract clause of the Washington Constitution? |
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public. |
