9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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October 16, 2012
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Case No. 1 - 87105-1
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COUNSEL
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DIANNE KLEM
v.
QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON, et al. |
Frederick Corbit
Edgar Hall/Kenneth Masters/Shelby Frost Lemmel
& Mary Stearns
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SYNOPSIS: Washington's deed of trust act allows trustees, under certain circumstances, to sell homes to satisfy their owners' debts without judicial supervision. This trustee deferred to the lender on whether to delay a sale. It also predated the notice of sale. The court will decide whether these practices violated the Consumer Protection Act. |
Case No. 2 - 86796-8
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COUNSEL
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SKAGIT COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 304, et al.
v.
SKAGIT COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1, et al.
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Christopher Knapp/G. Douglas Ferguson
& Michael Subit
Philip Buri/Roger Hillman & Bradford Furlong
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SYNOPSIS: May a public hospital district provide health care services in another district without that district's permission? If not, is a writ of prohibition the appropriate remedy? |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 84045-8
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COUNSEL
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
SIONE P. LUI |
Deborah Dwyer
David Zuckerman
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SYNOPSIS: Does expert testimony about forensic testing performed by non-testifying analysts violate a defendant's right to confront his accusers? |
Case No. 4 - 87078-1
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COUNSEL
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
WILLIAM ANDREW KURTZ
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Olivia Zhou
Suzanne Elliott
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SYNOPSIS: The Medical Use of Marijuana Act provides a defense for medical marijuana users charged with a marijuana-related crime. Does this law supersede the common law "medical necessity" defense for marijuana? |
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public.
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