9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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May 17, 2011
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THREE CASES ONLY – TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.
Case No. 1 - 84048-2
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COUNSEL
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Mitch Dowler, et ux, et al. and in Cha Dowler,
v.
Clover Park School District No. 400
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Philip Talmadge/Emmelyn Hart/Thaddeus Martin, IV
William Coats/Henry Saller, Jr./Daniel Montopoli
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SYNOPSIS: Before filing suit in tort and claiming unlawful discrimination under state law, must plaintiffs exhaust the administrative remedies available to them under the federal “Individuals with Disabilities Education Act”?
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Case No. 2 – 84207-8
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COUNSEL
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Flight Options, LLC
v.
State of Washington, Department of Revenue
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Scott Edwards
Brett Durbin/Heidi Irvin
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SYNOPSIS: May the Department of Revenue assess property taxes against an out-of-state company that sells fractional ownership interests in airplanes that come into Washington?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 84380-5
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COUNSEL
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Stephen Eugster
v.
State of Washington; Washington Court of Appeals and Divisions I, II and III thereof, et al.
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Stephen Eugster
James Pharris/Anne Egeler
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SYNOPSIS: The court will decide whether Washington State’s current system of electing the Court of Appeals and assigning cases to three-judge panels violates article I, section 19 of the Washington State Constitution, which provides in part that “all elections shall be free and equal.”
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public.
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