9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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October 22, 2013
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THREE CASES ONLY - TWO IN A.M. - ONE IN P.M.
Case No. 1 - 88062-0
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COUNSEL
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James Kumar, et al.
v.
Gate Gourmet, Inc.
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Aaron Rocke/Douglas Davis/Seth Rosenberg
Pamela Salgado/Rachelle Lee Wills & S. Shane Sagheb
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SYNOPSIS: Does Washington’s Law Against Discrimination require employers to make reasonable accommodations for an employee’s religious practices?
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Case No. 2 - 88118-9
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington
v.
Alvin L. Witherspoon
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Lewis Schrawyer
Jodi Backlund/Manek Mistry/Skylar Brett
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SYNOPSIS: Mr. Witherspoon challenges his robbery conviction and Persistent Offender Accountability Act sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 88414-5
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COUNSEL
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Kelli Gray
v.
Suttell & Associates, et al.
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Eva Lauber, et al.
v.
Encore Capital Group, Inc., et al.
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Michael Kinkley/Kirk Miller
Bradley Fisher/Carl Hueber/John Munding/
Richard Stone & Theodore Seitz
Michael Kinkley/Kirk Miller
John Munding/Richard Stone/Theodore Seitz & Matthew Segal
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SYNOPSIS: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington certified the following question to us: Does the pre-2013 definition of “collection agency” in Washington’s Collection Agency Act include debt buyers?
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public. |
