Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 25, 2012

Case No. 1 - 87215-5

COUNSEL

CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Authorized Insurer
     v.

WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

David Neu/Jessica Skelton/Matthew Segal
& Sarah Johnson

Christina Beusch/Marta Uballe DeLeon

SYNOPSIS: Is a title insurer vicariously liable for violations of an inducement regulation committed by an underwritten title company?

Case No. 2 - 87644-4

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
     v.
JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY

A. Richard Dykstra/Richard Fraser, III/Robert Hyde

Kara Masters/Joseph Hampton/Bridget Tomlinson Schuster

SYNOPSIS: Does state law prohibit surplus line insurance contracts from containing a binding arbitration agreement? If so, does the federal McCarran-Ferguson Act shield state law from preemption by the Federal Arbitration Act?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 87618-5

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
     v.
JON A. STRINE

Mark Lindsey/Mary Brady

Leslie Weatherhead/Geana Van Dessel/
Carl Oreskovich/Courtney Garcea & Daniel Stowe

SYNOPSIS: Where the trial court declares a mistrial after questioning the jury and learning that not all the jurors agree with the verdict, does the double jeopardy clause prevent the State from re-prosecuting Strine?

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