Supreme Court Docket

Fall 2012

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice

Barbara A. Madsen

Justice

Charles W. Johnson

Justice

Tom Chambers

Justice

Susan Owens

Justice

Mary E. Fairhurst

Justice

James M. Johnson

Justice

Debra L. Stephens

Justice

Charlie Wiggins

Justice

Steven C. González


Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk

Ronald R. Carpenter

Court Commissioner

Steven Goff

Reporter

TO BE APPOINTED

Interim Administrator for the Courts

Callie Dietz

State Law Librarian

Kay Newman

Bailiff

Tim Schiewe


Order

Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Rule 6, the Justices of the Supreme Court are assigned to the Departments of the Court Calendars as indicated below:

Department One
Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen
Justice Charles W. Johnson Justice Susan Owens
Justice James M. Johnson Justice Charlie Wiggins

Department Two

Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen
Justice Tom Chambers Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
Justice Debra L. Stephens Justice Steven C. González


Notice to Attorneys

Regular Sessions of the Court begin in January (Winter), May (Spring), and September (Fall) of each year.

Cases set for the mornings are subject to call at 9:00 a.m. Those set in the afternoon are subject to call at 1:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

The Court will sometimes take a short recess following the first case in the morning and the first case in the afternoon.

Motion days in the 2012 Fall Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

September 5, 2012
October 9, 2012
October 30, 2012
December 4, 2012

Settings will not be altered or vacated by the Chief Justice except upon a showing of unavoidable cause.

As provided in RCW 2.32.070, counsel of record and criminal defendants shall be supplied a copy of opinion without charge.


The titles of the cases listed in this docket are not the official titles for purposes of opinions.

Oral Argument Dates


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 11, 2012

86733-0 (C/A 40833-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
JOHN GEORGE COOPER,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Anthony Golik
  Abigail Bartlett

Jan Trasen
  Gregory Link


86859-0 (C/A 65348-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STEVE and KAREN DONATELLI, a married couple,
          Respondents,
     v.
D.R. STRONG CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC., a Washington corporation,
          Petitioner.

Justin Park


Michael Bond
Philip Talmadge


1:30 P.M.

85377-1 (C/A 65460-8-I)
Discretionary Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

JOSE TOLEDO-SOTELO,

          Petitioner.

Hon. Rob McKenna
   Ronda Larson
Hon. Daniel Satterberg
   Ann Marie Summers
   Amy Meckling
Eric Nielsen/David Koch
   & Casey Grannis


86772-1 (C/A 40258-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
DERRICK ROBERT EVANS,
          Petitioner.

Hon. H. Steward Menefee
  Katherine Svoboda

Carol Elewski


9:00 A.M. Olympia September 13, 2012

86853-1 (C/A 62237-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
RICHARD TREVOR DUNCALF,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  Dennis McCurdy

Gregory Link

Pro Tem: SEINFELD, J.P.T. GONZÁLEZ, J. RECUSED

86859-0 (C/A 65348-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
NICHOLAS PAPPAS,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Mark Roe
  Seth Fine

Thomas Kummerow

Pro Tem: SEINFELD, J.P.T. GONZÁLEZ, J. RECUSED


1:30 P.M.

86825-5 (C/A 38600-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON THE ISSUE OF THE SCOPE OF THE BRIGHT LINE RULE & ESTABLISHING A PRIMA FACIE CASE OF DISCRIMINATION

25 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
GARY DANIEL MEREDITH,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Mark Lindquist
  Kathleen Proctor
  Brian Wasankari

James Lobsenz


83882-8 (King 08-2-02830-5 KNT)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

ROBERT PIEL & JACQUELINE PIEL,
          Appellants,
     v.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY,
          Respondent.

Kenneth Masters
  Shelby Frost Lemmel
Stephen Hansen
John Chun
  Otto Klein, III

Pro Tem: SEINFELD, J.P.T. WIGGINS, J. RECUSED


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 18, 2012

ONE CASE ONLY - IN A.M.

86211-7 (Yakima 77-2-01484-5)
IN THE MATTER OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE RIGHTS TO THE USE OF THE SURFACE WATERS OF THE YAKIMA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 90.03, REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON,

60 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY,
          Respondent/Cross-Appellant,

     v.

JAMES J. ACQUAVELLA, UNITED STATES, YAKAMA NATION, AHTANUM IRRIGATION DISTRICT, JOHN COX DITCH COMPANY, LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL, DONALD and SYLVIA BRULE, JEROME DARNIL, and ALBERT LANTRIP,
          Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Barbara Munson
  Adrienne Smith
  Alan Reichman

James Davis
Patrick Barry
  Thomas Swegle
  Katherine Barton
Jeffrey Schuster
John Carroll
Charles Flower
  Patrick Andreotti


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 20, 2012

86384-9 (Thurston 11-2-00774-7)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

FREEDOM FOUNDATION, a Washington nonprofit corporation,
          Appellant,
     v.
CHRISTINE O. GREGOIRE, in her official capacity as Governor of the State of Washington,
          Respondent.

Michael Reitz
Michele Earl-Hubbard

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Alan Copsey

201,001-6 (WSBA #29692)
Attorney Discipline

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re:

YOUNG SUK OH, Attorney
at Law.


Scott Collins

Scott Busby (WSBA)

Pro Tem: DWYER, J.P.T. WIGGINS, J. RECUSED


1:30 P.M.

86643-1 (King 05-2-20201-7 SEA & 05-2-24967-6 SEA)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

HUMPHREY INDUSTRIES, LTD,
          Appellant,
     v.

CLAY STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC; 615 COMMERCE, LLC; CLAY ASSOCIATES PHASE II, LLC; SCOTT ROGEL; LORI GOLDFARB; JOSEPH ROGEL and LEE ANN ROGEL, husband and wife; and ABO INVESTMENTS,
          Respondents.

David Spellman
  Stanton Beck
  Andrew Gabel

Gregory Hollon
  Barbara Schuknecht
Alan Bornstein


87062-4 (C/A 40351-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

WAQAS SALEEMI, a single man, and FAROOQ SHARYAR, a single man,
          Respondents,
     v.
DOCTOR'S ASSOCIATES, INC., a Florida Corporation,
          Petitioner.

Douglas Sulkosky
Todd Baran

Gary Branfeld


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 25, 2012

86018-1 (C/A 41877-1-II)
Discretionary Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

LOWELL DERAY FINSTAD,

          Petitioner.

Hon. Anthony Golik
  Abigail Bartlett

Eric Nielsen
  David Koch
  Jennifer Sweigert

85938-8 consolidated w/85950-7 (Snohomish 11-2-03307-2 & 10-2-08562-7)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
SNOHOMISH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, EVERGREEN DIVISION, and THE HONORABLE TERRY SIMON,
          Respondents,
     v.
ALYSHA V. VELASQUEZ,
          Petitioner.
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
SNOHOMISH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, CASCADE DIVISION, The Honorable Paul F. Moon, Commissioner,
          Defendants,
     v.
DOUGLAS P. HUTCHISON,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Mark Roe
  Charles Blackman





Jason Schwarz

Hon. Mark Roe
  Charles Blackman




Whitney Rivera


1:30 P.M.

86148-0 (C/A 66631-2-I)
Discretionary Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

CITY OF SEATTLE,
          Respondent,
     v.
DONALD FULLER,
          Petitioner.

Andrea Chin


Christine Jackson
  Kristen Murray

87425-5 (King 11-2-25185-3 SEA)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

LEAGUE OF EDUCATION VOTERS, a Washington non-profit corporation; WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, a Washington non-profit corporation; LAURIE JINKINS, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; DAVID FROCKT, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Senator, JAMIE PEDERSON, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; ROBERT UTTER, an individual taxpayer and former Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court; KIM BIELSKI, an individual taxpayer; ANDY BUNN, an individual taxpayer; REBECCA BUNN, an individual taxpayer; REUVEN CARLYLE, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; JOHN CHESBROUGH, an individual taxpayer; DEB EDDY, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; SAM HUNT, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; AMY McKENNEY, an individual taxpayer; KURT MILLER, an individual taxpayer and President of the Tacoma Public Schools Board of Directors; JIM MOELLER, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; TIMM ORMSBY, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; RYAN PAINTER, an individual taxpayer; ERIC PETTIGREW, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; CHRIS REYKDAL, an individual taxpayer, Washington State Representative and Tumwater School Board Member; CINDY RYU, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; MIKE SELLS, an individual taxpayer and Washington State Representative; KRISTIN SKANDERUP, an individual taxpayer,
          Respondents,
     v.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Appellant,
and CHRISTINE GREGOIRE, Governor of the State of Washington,
          Respondent.

Paul Lawrence
  Matthew Segal
  Sarah Johnson
  Gregory Wong













Hon. Rob McKenna
  Maureen Hart/Jeffrey Even
  & Allyson Zipp

Michele Radosevich


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 27, 2012

THREE CASES ONLY – TWO IN A.M. & ONE IN P.M.

86895-6 (C/A 41211-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
Petitioner's Objection to Motion of ACLU of WA, Et Al. to File Amicus Curiae Brief – Passed to the Merits

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

In re the Custody of:
B.M.H., A minor child,
MICHAEL J. HOLT,
          Respondent,
     and
LAURIE L. HOLT,
          Petitioner.


Carolyn Drew
Patricia Novotny

Catherine Wright Smith
  Valerie Villacin
Robert Vukanovich


86951-1 (C/A 38920-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
CHRISTOPHER LEON SMITH,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Mark Lindquist
  Stephen Trinen

David Koch


1:30 P.M.

86936-7 (C/A 29411-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

P.E. SYSTEMS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
          Respondent,
     v.
CPI CORP., a Missouri corporation,
          Petitioner.

Nicholas Kovarik


J. Michael Keyes
  Whitney Baran


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 4, 2012

87104-3 (C/A 40634-9-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
LARRY DEAN TYLER,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Scott Rosekrans
  Thomas Brotherton
  Pamela Loginsky

James Reese, III

87448-4 (Cowlitz 08-1-01332-1)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
     v.
ROY STEVEN JORGENSON,
          Appellant.

Hon. Susan Baur
  Aaron Bartlett

Peter Tiller


1:30 P.M.

86924-3 (C/A 65673-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

JARED K. BARTON,
          Respondent,
     v.

STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
          Petitioner,
SKAGIT COUNTY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS,
          Defendant,
KORRINE C. LINVOG, individually; and THOMAS LINVOG and MADONNA LINVOG, husband and wife,
          Respondents.

Ralph Brindley/Paul Luvera, Jr.
& David Beninger
Howard Goodfriend

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Michael Lynch
  Michael Nicefaro, Jr.

Brent Beecher


85665-6 (King 93-1-02331-2 SEA)

10 MINUTES PER SIDE – 40 MINUTES TOTAL

State of Washington,
          Respondent,
MATTHEW H. RICHARDSON,
          Respondent,
     v.
MIKE SIEGEL,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  James Whisman


Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 16, 2012

87105-1 (C/A 66252-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

DIANNE KLEM,
          Petitioner,
     v.
WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, a Washington corporation,
          Defendant,
QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON, a Washington corporation; and QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION, a California Corporation,
          Respondents.

Frederick Corbit


Edgar Hall
Kenneth Masters
Shelby Frost Lemmel
Mary Stearns

Pro Tem: BRIDGEWATER, J.P.T. WIGGINS, J. RECUSED

86796-8 (Skagit 11-2-00816-1)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

SKAGIT COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 304 and TEACKLE W. MARTIN, DR.,
          Respondents,

     v.
SKAGIT COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 and the BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS dba Skagit Valley Hospital,
          Appellants.

Christopher Knapp
  G. Douglas Ferguson
Michael Subit

Philip Buri
Roger Hillman
Bradford Furlong


1:30 P.M.

84045-8 (C/A 61804-1-I)
REHEARING

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
SIONE P. LUI,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Daniel Satterberg
  Deborah Dwyer

David Zuckerman


87078-1 (C/A 41568-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
WILLIAM ANDREW KURTZ,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Jon Tunheim
  Olivia Zhou

Suzanne Elliott


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 18, 2012

87674-6 (Pierce 11-2-08998-9)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

PATTY J. GANDEE, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated Washington residents,
          Respondents,
     v.
LDL FREEDOM ENTERPRISES, INC., a/k/a LDL FREEDOM, INC., d/b/a FINANCIAL CROSSROADS, a California corporation; DALE LYONS, individually; BETTE J. BAKER, a/k/a LIZ BAKER, individually; NATIONWIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC., a California corporation; and JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-5,
          Appellants.

Darrell Scott
Boyd Mayo


Milton Rowland
John Nelson

87679-7 (King 10-2-32386-4 SEA)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

CATHERINE LAKEY, a single woman; GERTHA RICHARDS, a single woman; MICHAEL HESLOP, a single man; TROY FREEMAN and CAROLINA AYALA de FREEMAN, husband and wife, PATRICK McCLUSKY and MICHELLE McCLUSKY, husband and wife; SHAHNAZ BHUIYAN and ANN RAHMAN, husband and wife; STEVEN RYAN and NORA RYAN, husband and wife; KEVIN CORBETT and MARGARET CORBETT, husband and wife; KATHRYN McGIFFORD, a single woman; and JACQUELYN MILLER, a single woman,
          Appellants,
     v.
PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC., a Washington corporation; and CITY OF KIRKLAND, a Washington municipal corporation,
          Respondents.

Paul Brain





Jeffrey Thomas
Jeffrey Tilden
Jessica Levin
Curtis Renner
Oskar Rey
Robin Jenkinson


1:30 P.M.

87656-8 (King 10-2-26188-5 SEA)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

RESIDENT ACTION COUNCIL,
          Respondent,
     v.
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY,
          Appellant.

Meredith Childers
Eric Dunn

Kenneth Masters
Shelby Frost Lemmel

PRO TEM: KORSMO, J.P.T.

WIGGINS, J. RECUSED

87823-4 (Thurston 12-2-01730-9 & 12-2-01732-5)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

MOTION TO STRIKE SCHALLER’S AMENDED STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES – PASSED TO THE MERITS  

VICKI LEE ANNE PARKER and JAMES S. JOHNSON,
          Appellants,
     v.
KIM WYMAN, in her capacity as Thurston County Auditor, and CHRISTINE SCHALLER-KRADJAN, MARIE CLARKE, and VICTOR MINJARES,
          Respondents,
     and
MARIE C. CLARKE,
          Appellant,
     v.
KIM WYMAN, in her capacity as Thurston County Auditor, and CHRISTINE SCHALLER-KRADJAN,
          Respondents.

Vicki Parker
James Johnson

Hon. Jon Tunheim
  David Klumpp
Philip Talmadge
Shawn Newman
Marie Clarke
Victor Minjares

Hon. Jon Tunheim
  David Klumpp
Philip Talmadge
Shawn Newman


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 23, 2012

TWO CASES ONLY - IN A.M.

86130-7 (Kitsap 05-2-02872-8)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

VANESSA CONDON,
          Appellant,
     v.
FELY CONDON,
          Respondent.

Gordon Woodley


Gregory Wall

87056-0 (C/A 29438-2-III)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

ROBERT CHANEY,
          Respondent,
     v.
PROVIDENCE HEALTH CARE D/B/A SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER & CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL,
          Petitioner.

Steven Lacy
  Stewart Smith

Michael Love
  James McPhee
Michael Killeen


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

October 25, 2012

THREE CASES ONLY – TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

87215-5 (C/A 40752-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Authorized Insurer,
          Respondent,


     v.
WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER,
          Petitioner.

David Neu
Jessica Skelton
  Matthew Segal
  Sarah Johnson

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Christina Beusch
  Marta Uballe DeLeon

87644-4 (Thurston 10-2-02005-2)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
          Respondent,
     v.

JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY,
          Appellant.

A. Richard Dykstra
Hon. Rob McKenna
  Richard Fraser, III
  Robert Hyde

Kara Masters
Joseph Hampton
  Bridget Tomlinson Schuster


1:30 P.M.

87618-5 (Spokane 09-1-02145-8)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
JON A. STRINE,
          Petitioner.

Hon. Steven Tucker
  Mark Lindsey & Mary Brady

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


9:00 A.M.

Olympia

November 13, 2012

86739-9 (C/A 65037-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 286,
          Petitioner,
     v.
PORT OF SEATTLE,
          Respondent.
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PORT OF SEATTLE,
          Respondent,
     v.
ANTHONY D. VIVENZIO and MARK CANN,
          Defendants,
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 286,
          Petitioner.

Dmitri Iglitzin
  Sean Leonard


Diana Shukis
  Michael Brunet

Diana Shukis
  Michael Brunet



Dmitri Iglitzin
  Sean Leonard

Pro Tem: PENOYAR, J.P.T. GONZÁLEZ, J. RECUSED

87672-0 (Thurston 08-2-01403-4)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe,
          Appellant,
     v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY,
          Respondent.

CITY OF ANACORTES,
          Other Interested Party.

Joshua Osborne-Klein
  Marc Slonim
Emily Hutchinson

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Alan Reichman
  Robin McPherson

P. Stephen DiJulio
  Joseph Brogan


1:30 P.M.

87703-3 (Columbia 10-2-000851)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

JOSEPH LEMIRE,
          Respondent,
     v.
THE POLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS BOARD and STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY,
          Appellants.
Toni Meacham
James Carmody

Hon. Rob McKenna
  Laura Watson
  Ivy Anderson
  Marc Worthy


87661-4 (Thurston 07-2-00506-1)(Thurston 07-2-00506-1)

20 MINUTES PER SIDE

AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY,
          Appellant,
     v.
WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
          Respondent,
LAW OFFICES OF MELISSA A. HUELSMAN,
          Respondent/Intervenor.
Erik Price
  Laura Morse
Joanne Davies
Hon. Rob McKenna
  Shannon Smith
  David Huey

Melissa Huelsman

 

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