9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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May 26, 2015
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Case No. 1 - 90486-3
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COUNSEL
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WASHINGTON STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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Douglas Ross/Bradley Fisher/
Rebecca Francis & Barbara Allan Shickich
Joyce Roper/Richard McCartan & Laura J. Watson
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SYNOPSIS: A Department of Health rule interprets “sale, purchase, or lease” to mean all changes of control. Is the rule valid?
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Case No. 2 - 201,352-0 (WSBA #32763)
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COUNSEL
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In re:
Kathryn B. Abele, Attorney at Law
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Sam Franklin/Peter Sutherland
Sachia Stonefeld Powell (WSBA)
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SYNOPSIS: Should attorney Kathryn Abele be suspended from the practice of law for one year as a sanction for two separate violations of the lawyer Rules of Professional Conduct?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 90811-7
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COUNSEL
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STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
MATTHEW ALEXANDER HAMPTON
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Mary Kathleen Webber
Kathleen A. Shea
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SYNOPSIS: When a defendant asks to delay trial in order to change attorneys, may a judge consider the defendant’s reasons for changing attorneys?
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Case No. 4 - 90891-5
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COUNSEL
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NORTHWEST WHOLESALE, INC.
v.
HAROLD OSTENSON and SHIRLEY OSTENSON
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Bradley Duncan/Joshua A. Rataezyk
Maris Baltins
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SYNOPSIS: Whether federal Bankruptcy Law (11 U.S.C. Sections 541(c)(1) and 365(e)(1)) preempts RCW 25.15.130(1)(d)’s provision dissociating a member of a limited liability company upon such member’s filing a bankruptcy petition.
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public.
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