9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
November 13, 2012 |
Case No. 1 - 86739-9
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COUNSEL
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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 286
v.
PORT OF SEATTLE |
Dmitri Iglitzin/Sean Leonard
Diana Shukis/Michael Brunet
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SYNOPSIS: The Port of Seattle fired an employee who hung a noose in the workplace. An arbitrator reinstated the employee and ordered a 20-day suspension instead. Must the arbitrator's decision be vacated as a violation of public policy? If so, can the court impose different discipline for the employee? |
Case No. 2 - 87672-0
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COUNSEL
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SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY
v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
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Joshua Osborne-Klein/Marc Slonim & Emily Hutchinson
Alan Reichman/Robin McPherson
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SYNOPSIS: After the Department of Ecology has adopted a rule establishing a minimum water flow level for a river, may the Department later amend the rule to reduce or impair the previously established minimum flow level? |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 87703-3
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COUNSEL
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JOSEPH LEMIRE
v.
THE POLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS BOARD, et al.
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Toni Meacham/James Carmody
Laura Watson/Ivy Anderson/Marc Worthy
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SYNOPSIS: The court considers whether the Department of Ecology had authority to order a cattle rancher to make changes to his ranching operation. |
Case No. 4 - 87661-4
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COUNSEL
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AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY
v.
WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
LAW OFFICES OF MELISSA A. HUELSMAN
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Erik Price/Laura Morse/Joanne Davies
Shannon Smith/David Huey
Melissa Huelsman
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the Attorney General's Office, in response to a Public Records Act request, may publicly disclose certain records they received during their investigation of Ameriquest's lending practices. Specifically, whether the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the state investigative records exemption to the Public Records Act, or the state exemption for records produced in response to a civil investigative demand prevent disclosure. |
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public.
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