Supreme Court Docket

Winter 2010

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice

Barbara A. Madsen

Associate Chief Justice

Charles W. Johnson

Justice

Gerry L. Alexander

Justice

Richard B. Sanders

Justice

Tom Chambers

Justice

Susan Owens

Justice

Mary E. Fairhurst

Justice

James M. Johnson

Justice

Debra L. Stephens


Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk

Ronald R. Carpenter

Court Commissioner

Steven Goff

Reporter

Danilo Anselmo

Administrator for the Courts

Jeff Hall

State Law Librarian

Kay Newman

Bailiff

Tim Schiewe


Order

Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court for the 2010 Session as indicated below:

Department One

Hon. Barbara A. Madsen, Chief Justice

Hon. Charles W. Johnson Hon. Richard B. Sanders
Hon. Susan Owens Hon. James M. Johnson

Department Two

Hon. Barbara A. Madsen, Chief Justice

Hon. Gerry L. Alexander Hon. Tom Chambers
Hon. Mary E. Fairhurst Hon. Debra L. Stephens


Notice to Attorneys

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 1:30 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 2010 Winter Session, will be:

January 6, 2010
January 5, 2010
February 9, 2010
March 2, 2010
March 30, 2010
April 27, 2010

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.


The titles of the cases listed in this docket are not the official titles for purposes of opinions


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 12, 2010

83124-6 (CV-08-314-LRS)
Certified from Federal Court

20 Minutes Per Side

MATTHEW CUDNEY,
          Plaintiff,
     v.
ALSCO, INC., a Nevada corporation
          Defendant.

Keller Allen


Bryce Wilcox

81809-6 (King 06-2-40103-4 SEA & 06-2-28667-7 SEA)

30 Minutes Per Side

LUMMI INDIAN NATION; MAKAH INDIAN TRIBE; QUINAULT INDIAN NATION, SQUAXIN ISLAND INDIAN TRIBE; SUQUAMISH TRIBE, and the TULALIP TRIBES, federally recognized Indian tribes, JOAN BURLINGAME, an individual; LEE BERNHEISEL, an individual, SCOTT CORNELIUS, an individual; PETER KNUTSON, an individual; PUGET SOUND HARVESTERS; WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL; SIERRA CLUB; and THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY,
          Respondents/Cross-Appellants,


     v.


STATE OF WASHINGTON; CHRISTINE GREGOIRE; Governor of the State of Washington; WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY; JAY MANNING, Director of the Washington Department of Ecology; WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; and MARY SELECKY, Secretary of Health for the State of Washington,
          Appellants/Cross-Respondents,

WASHINGTON WATER UTILITIES COUNCIL, CASCADE WATER ALLIANCE, and WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY,
          Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Harry Johnsen, III
John Arum
Brian Gruber
Karen Allston
Kevin Lyon
Melody Allen
Mason Morisset
Kimberly Ordon
A. Reid Allison, III
Kristen Boyles
Shaun Goho
Janette Brimmer

Hon. Rob McKenna
Alan Reichman
Stephen North
Mark Calkins



Adam Gravley
Tadas Kisielius
Michael Ruark
Philip McDonald
Joseph Rehberger
Mary McCrea

1:30 P.M.

82326-0 (C/A 36087-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

NOEL PROCTOR,
          Petitioner,
     v.
ROBERT “FORD” HUNTINGTON and CHRISTINA HUNTINGTON, husband and wife, and the marital community therein,
           Respondents.

Emmelyn Hart-Biberfeld
  Philip Talmadge
Katharine Mathews
Bradley Andersen
Phillip Haberthur

82600-5 (C/A 26541-2-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.

MARK JOSEPH AFANA,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Steven Tucker
Andrew Metts, III
Mark Lindsey

Dennis Morgan


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 14, 2010

200,701-5
Judicial Appeal

20 Minutes Per Side

In re:


THE HONORABLE JUDITH RAUB EILER

J. Reiko Callner
William Walsh

Anne Bremner

PRO TEM: QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.P.T.

OWENS, J. RECUSED

82212-3 (C/A 36687-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted

25 Minutes Per Side

SOUTH TACOMA WAY, LLC, a Washington limited liability company,
          Respondent,
     v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     and
SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT #1, LLC, a Washington limited liability company,
           Petitioner.

Robert Casey
Philip Talmadge & Sidney Tribe

Hon. Rob McKenna
Ann Salay/Andrea Vingo & Jay Geck

Patrick Mullaney

1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING

200,746-5 (WSBA 20931)

 

In re James J. Conlin,

Attorney at Law.

Scott Busby (WSBA)

James Conlin  

1:30 P.M.

82238-7 (C/A 36928-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
PATRICIA SUE SCHULTZ, a/k/a PATRICIA SUE PETERSON,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Deborah Kelly
Brian Wendt

Jodi Backlund
Manek Mistry

82358-8 (C/A 35821-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
JOSHUA FRANK LEE HARVILL,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Susan Baur
Michelle Shaffer

Sean Brittain
Valerie Marushige


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 19, 2010

83024-0 (C/A 60528-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
          Petitioner,
     v.
E.S.,
           Respondent.

Hon. Daniel Satterberg
James Whisman

Robert Boruchowitz

82474-6 (C/A 36089-6-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

GEORGE KELLEY, as guardian ad litem for BRITTNAY BLACKSHEAR, a minor child, PHILLIP BLACKSHEAR, JR., a minor child, and NICHOLAS BLACKSHEAR, a minor child,
          Respondents,
     v.
CENTENNIAL CONTRACTORS ENTERPRISES, INC.,
a foreign corporation,
           Petitioner.

Darrell Cochran
Jason Amala
James Beck

William Spencer
Daira Silvija Faltens

1:30 P.M.

82283-2 (C/A 26148-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

ROBIN M. FREEMAN,
          Petitioner,
     v.
ROB FREEMAN,
           Respondent.

Patricia Novotny


Margaret Brost

82306-5 (C/A 60868-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

ROGER L. SKINNER,
          Respondent,
     v.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION of the City of Medina, THE CITY OF MEDINA, a municipal corporation, MEDINA POLICE DEPARTMENT,
           Petitioners.

William Murphy

P. Stephen DiJulio
Greg Rubstello


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 21, 2010

THREE CASES ONLY – TWO CASES IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

81626-3 (C/A 33678-2-II)
(consolidated with 82336-7 – C/A 36325-9-II)
Petitions for Review Granted

Granted Only on the Double Jeopardy Issue (82336-7)

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
GUY DANIEL TURNER,
           Petitioner.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
FAULOLUA FAAGATA, JR.,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Mark Lindquist
Todd Campbell/Karen Watson
Michelle Hyer

Dino Sepe

Hon. Mark Lindquist
Michelle Hyer

Eric Nielsen

81931-9 (C/A 35823-9-II)
Petition for Review Granted

25 Minutes Per Side

MICHAEL SEGALINE, a single person,
          Petitioner,
     v.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES,
           Respondent.

Jean Marie Schiedler-Brown

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Kenneth Orcutt
  Jay Geck

1:30 P.M.

82089-9 (C/A 59722-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
MICHAEL EUGENE PETERSON,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Mark Roe
  Seth Fine

Casey Grannis


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 26, 2010

82409-6 (C/A 35797-6-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

LEA HUDSON, individually,
          Petitioner,
     v.
CLIFFORD and “JANE DOE” HAPNER, individually and as a marital community composed thereof; and MATTHEW NORTON, a Washington corporation,
           Respondents.

Kari Lester


Elizabeth Jensen
Marilee Erickson
  Pamela Okano

82671-4 (C/A 60359-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
ABDINASIR A. OSMAN,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Daniel Satterburg
  Christina Miyamasu

Christine Jackson

1:30 P.M.

82558-1 (C/A 60538-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
ISIAH THOMAS HALL,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Daniel Satterburg
  Dennis McCurdy

Jonathan Palmer
Dana Lind

82613-7 (C/A 25844-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE JONES,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Andrew Miller
  Sarah Perry

Eric Broman


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 28, 2010

THREE CASES ONLY – TWO CASES IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

82311-1 (C/A 60115-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

MICHAEL BROOM, KEVIN BROOM and ANDREA BROOM,
          Respondents,
     v.
MORGAN STANLEY DW INCORPORATED, and KIMBERLY ANNE BLINDHEIM,
           Petitioners.

Kevin Sullivan
Michael Schein

Michael Garone
Thomas Dulcich
Stephanie Pennix Berntsen

82476-2 (C/A 36715-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

CITY OF ABERDEEN,
          Respondent,
     v.
FRANCIS JAMES REGAN,
           Petitioner.

Eric Nelson

Eric Nielsen
David Koch

1:30 P.M.

82659-5 (C/A 60463-5-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

JULIANNE McGUIRE,
          Respondent,
     v.
ROBERT BATES; B&H CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., a Washington corporation,
          Petitioners,
     and
BANNER BANK (Bellingham), Bond Acct. #3540233253,
          Defendant.

James Hoogestraat


Philip Buri
Rolf Beckhusen, Jr.


9:00 A.M.

Skagit Valley College

February 23, 2010

Three Cases Only – Two in A.M. & One in P.M.

82210-7 (C/A 60401-5-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
CORYELL LEVOI ADAMS,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Daniel Satterberg
Stephen Hobbs

Dana Lind

82225-5 (C/A 36935-4-II)
Petition for Review Granted

Respondents’ Motion to Strike Amici Curiae Brief of International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology, Et Al.; Respondents’ Motion to Strike Portions of: Our Water-Our Choice and Protect Our Waters’ Answer to Amici Curiae Brief of Association of Washington Cities and City of Forks; Motion to Add Additional Amici Curiae to Existing Amici Curiae Brief & Our Water Our Choice and Protect Our Waters’ Motion to Strike Restatement of Issues Presented for Review in Supplemental Brief of Respondents All Passed to the Merits

20 Minutes Per Side

CITY OF PORT ANGELES, a Washington municipal corporation,
          Respondent,
     v.
OUR WATER-OUR CHOICE!; a Washington political action committee; LYNN WARBER, campaign chair of OUR WATER-OUR CHOICE!; PROTECT OUR WATERS, a Washington political action committee; and ANN MATHEWSON, Treasurer of PROTECT OUR WATERS,
          Petitioners,
     v.
WASHINGTON DENTAL SERVICE FOUNDATION, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, A Party in Interest.
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OUR WATER-OUR CHOICE, PAC, and PROTECT OUR WATERS, PAC,
          Petitioners,
     v.
PORT ANGELES CITY CLERK, and CITY OF PORT ANGELES,
           Respondents.

William Bloor


Gerald Steel





Roger Pearce
P. Stephen DiJulio

Gerald Steel

1:15 P.M.

81921-1 (consolidated w/81940-8)
(C/A 59322-6-I & 59536-9-I, Pierce 07-1-03846-1 & King 05-1-13179-5 KNT)
Petition for Review & Notice for Discretionary Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
LEO B. BUNKER,
          Petitioner.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
DONALD CARL WILLIAMS,
           Petitioner.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
     v.
RACHEL MARIE VINCENT,
          Respondent.

Hon. Mark Lindquist
Melody Crick

Christopher Gibson


Hon. Daniel Satterberg
Randi Austell

Christopher Gibson

Hon. Mark Lindquist
Melody Crick

Christopher Gibson

PRO TEM: BAKER, J.P.T.

ALEXANDER, J. RECUSED


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

February 25, 2010

82094-5 (C/A 60248-9-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
CIPRIANO BAHIT NONOG,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Brian Satterberg
Brian McDonald

Maureen Cyr

82142-9 (C/A 36211-2-II)
Consolidated with 82973-0 (King 08-2-28582-1 - KNT)
Petition for Review Granted

30 Minutes Per Side

NANCY N. WAPLES and MARK WAPLES, wife and husband and their marital community thereof,
          Petitioners,
     v.
PETER H. YI, DDS, and JANE DOE YI, husband and wife and their marital community thereof, d/b/a LAKEWOOD DENTAL CLINIC, and DR. PETER H. YI, DDS, P.S., a Washington corporation,
           Respondents.
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LINDA CUNNINGHAM and DOWNEY C. CUNNINGHAM, a marital community,
          Appellants,
     v.
RONALD F. NICOL, M.D.; VALLEY RADIOLOGISTS, INC., P.S. and MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. d/b/a COVINGTON MULTICARE CLINIC,
          Respondents.

George Steele



John Versnel III
Vanessa Vanderbrug



Jerald Pearson

Elizabeth Leedom
Jennifer Moore
Michael Madden
Amy Magnano
John Rosendahl
Timothy Ashcraft
Mary Spillane
Daniel Ferm

1:30 P.M.

82567-0

20 Minutes Per Side

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of:
SCHAWN J. CRUZE,
          Petitioner.

Jeffrey Ellis

Hon. Arthur Curtis
  Rachel Probstfeld

81393-1 (C/A 55364-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
     v.
ROBERT LEE VANCE,
          Respondent.

Hon. Mark Roe
  Seth Fine

Maureen Marie Cyr


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

March 9, 2010

82219-1 (C/A 25735-5-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.

GILBERTO IBARRA-CIZNEROS,
           Petitioner.

Hon. James Nagle
Gabriel Eliud Acosta
Teresa Chen

Janelle Carman
C. Dale Slack

82229-8 (Yakima 08-2-02337-0 & 08-2-02355-8)

20 Minutes Per Side

YAKIMA COUNTY,
          Respondent,
     v.

THE YAKIMA HERALD REPUBLIC,
          Appellant
     and

JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ, JR.,
Other Interested Party.

Hon. James Hagarty
Paul McIlrath/Stefanie Weigand
& Terry Austin

Kenneth Harper
Michele Earl-Hubbard/Christopher Roslaniec/David Norman
& Greg Overstreet

Brendan Monahan/Susan Wilk
Gregory Link & David Donnan

1:30 P.M.

82333-2 (C/A 26180-8-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
JAMES ROBERT NASON,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Steven Tucker
Mark Erik Lindsey

Susan Marie Gasch

81650-6 (C/A 25475-5-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
TROY DEAN STUBBS,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Thomas Metzger
  Antonio Koures
  Brian McDonald
David Gasch
Susan Wilk


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

March 16, 2010

82431-2 (C/A 25923-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

JAMES DOUGLAS RIVARD,
          Petitioner,
     v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
           Respondent.

Julia Dooris

Hon. Stephen Tucker
Andrew Metts, III

82574-2 (C/A 57810-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

LITTLE MOUNTAIN ESTATES TENANTS ASSOCIATION, a Washington non-profit corporation, as assignee, JERRY JEWETT, VIRGINIA HALDEMAN, MARIE McCUTCHIN, and WES WALTON, on classes of similarly situated persons,
          Respondents,
     v.
LITTLE MOUNTAIN ESTATES, MHC LLC, a Limited Liability Company, PEREGRINE HOLDINGS, LLC, KEVIN A. WARE and KARI M. WARE, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof,
           Petitioners.

Philip Buri





Sidney Tribe
Walter Olsen, Jr.

1:30 P.M.

82649-8 (C/A 26683-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
MITEL PATEL,
           Petitioner.

Hon. Steven Tucker
Mark Lindsey

Richard Wall

82397-9 (C/A 59534-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 Minutes Per Side

DOUG and BETH O’NEILL, individuals,
          Respondents,
     v.
THE CITY OF SHORELINE, a municipal agency, and DEPUTY MAYOR MAGGIE FIMIA, individually and in her official capacity,
           Petitioners.

Michele Earl-Hubbard/David Norman & Christopher Roslaniec

Michael Brannan
Flannary Collins
  Ian Sievers
Ramsey Ramerman


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

March 18, 2010

TWO CASES ONLY – ONE IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

83474-1 consolidated w/ 83828-3
(Thurston 08-2-02080-8 consolidated w/09-2-00273-5)

RESPONDENTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AS MOOT THE CLAIMS THAT THE THREE DRUG PROTOCOL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL –
PASSED TO THE MERITS

30 Minutes Per Side

CAL BROWN and JONATHAN GENTRY,
          Appellants,
     v.
ELDON VAIL, Secretary of Washington
Department of Corrections (in his official capacity),
et al.,
          Respondents,

Other Interested Parties.

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DAROLD STENSON,
          Appellants,
     v.
ELDON VAIL, Secretary of Washington
Department of Corrections (in his official capacity),
et al.,
          Respondents,

Other Interested Parties.

Sherilyn Peterson/Diane Meyers

Hon. Rob McKenna
John Samson & Sara Olson

Scott Engelhard/Suzanne Elliott
& Gilbert Levy

 

 

Sherilyn Peterson/Diane Meyers

Hon. Rob McKenna
John Samson & Sara Olson

Scott Engelhard/ Suzanne Elliott
& Gilbert Levy

PRO TEM:  KULIK, J.P.T. OWENS, J. RECUSED

1:30 P.M.

82329-4
Original Action

20 Minutes Per Side

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of:

DOUGLAS LOUIS BLACKBURN,
          Petitioner.

Jodi Backlund
  Manek Mistry

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Donna Mullen/Paul Weisser
  & Timothy Lang


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

March 31, 2010

ONE CASE ONLY – SET IN A.M.

82849-1 (Thurston 05-2-01439-1)

20 Minutes Per Side

HONORABLE RICHARD B. SANDERS,
          Appellant/Cross-Respondent,

     v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

Paul Lawrence
Matthew Segal
Gregory Wong

Timothy Leyh
Randall Thomsen
Katherine See Kennedy

PRO TEM: BAKER, BECKER & LEACH, J.P.T.

SANDERS, CHAMBERS & J.M. JOHNSON, RECUSED

 

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