Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

May 19, 2011

Case No. 1 - 84114-4 (consolidated w/85075-5)

COUNSEL

Estate of Barbara J. Nelson
Estate of Sharon M. Bracken
Estate of John T. Toland
     v.
Department of Revenue

Rhys Farren
Douglas Lawrence/Scott Johnson/RoseMary Reed/
Philip Talmadge
Mark Roberts/Luke Thomas/Jessica Skelton
David Hankins/Donald Cofer/Charles Zalesky

SYNOPSIS: The Court must decide whether the remaining value of a QTIP trust created by a spouse who died before the Washington Estate and Transfer Tax Act of 2005 must be included in the second spouse’s Washington estate tax calculation.

Case No. 2 - 84422-4

COUNSEL

Donia Townsend, et ux, et al.
     v.
The Quadrant Corporation, et al.

Lory Lybeck/Brian Armstrong

Michael Scott/Laurie Chyz/Michael Ewart

SYNOPSIS: This court must decide whether the claims of home purchasers’ children are subject to the arbitration clause of the purchase and sale agreement, whether a court or arbitrator is to determine whether the arbitration clause is procedurally unconscionable, and whether Quadrant’s parent corporations waived arbitration by moving for summary judgment.

Case No. 3 – 84223-0 (consolidated w/84569-7)

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Daniel Snapp & Roger Wright

Stephen Trinen/Stephen Hobbs/James Whisman

Lila Silverstein/Richard Hansen/Cooper Offenbecher

SYNOPSIS: May police conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle incident to arrest of the driver based on a reasonable belief the vehicle contains evidence of the crime for which the driver is arrested?

Case No. 4 – 83731-7

COUNSEL

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

Chad A. Pierce

Douglas Carr

Harry Williams, IV/Suzanne Elliott/Sarah Dunne/
Nancy Talner/Travis Stearns

SYNOPSIS: The Court will decide whether the Department of Corrections can deduct costs of incarceration from Pierce’s inmate account even though the trial court waived costs of incarceration in the judgment and sentence.