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Fall 2018
| Chief Justice |
Mary E. Fairhurst |
| Justice |
Charles W. Johnson |
| Justice |
Barbara A. Madsen |
| Justice |
Susan Owens |
| Justice |
Debra L. Stephens |
| Justice |
Charlie Wiggins |
| Justice |
Steven C. González |
| Justice |
Sheryl McCloud |
| Justice |
Mary I. Yu |
| Clerk |
Susan L. Carlson |
| Court Commissioner |
Michael Johnston |
| Acting Reporter |
Vikki Bayman |
| Administrator for the Courts |
Callie Dietz |
| State Law Librarian |
Robert Mead |
| Bailiff |
Guy Rosser |
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 Mary E. Fairhurst |
| Justice Charles Johnson |
Justice Susan J. Owens |
| Justice Charlie Wiggins |
Justice Sheryl McCloud |
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Department Two |
| Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst |
| Justice Barbara A. Madsen |
Justice Debra Stephens |
| Justice Steven C. González |
Justice Mary Yu |
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 2018 Fall Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:
September 4, 2018
October 2, 2018
October 30, 2018
November 27, 2018
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.
Oral Argument Dates
- September 11, 2018
- September 18, 2018
- September 20, 2018
- October 9, 2018
- October 18, 2018
- October 23, 2018
- October 25, 2018
- November 8, 2018
- November 13, 2018
- November 15, 2018
| 9:00 A.M.
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WALLA WALLA
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
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TWO CASES ONLY |
95635-9 (C/A 34360-0-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED AS TO AMENDED INFORMATION ISSUE ONLY
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent,
v.
MICHAEL L. GEHRKE,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Larry H. Haskell
Brian Clayton O'Brien
Gretchen Eileen Verhoef
John Clinton Julian
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95511-5 (C/A 76008-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD AND CORRECT MISSTATEMENTS OF FACT - PASSED TO THE MERITS |
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
CATHY HARPER, individually, as Personal
Representative of the ESTATE OF TRICIA
PATRICELLI, as Guardian ad Litem for KHALANI
MICHAEL, a minor child, and as Guardian ad Litem for
NIYERRAH MICHAEL, a minor child,
Respondent,
v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, a governmental
entity,
Petitioner,
and RHONDA FREELAND and JOHN DOE FREELAND and their marital community,
Defendants. |
Christopher R. Carney
Sean P. Gillespie
Kenan Lee Isitt
Hon. Bob Ferguson
Paul J. Triesch
Kaylynn What
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| 9:00 A.M.
|
OLYMPIA
|
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
|
95134-9 (King 17-2-21919-3 SEA)
Notice of Appeal
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
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PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH,
Respondent,
v.
JOSHUA FREED, IMPACTION,
Appellants,
CITIZENS FOR A SAFE KING COUNTY, KING
COUNTY and JULIE WISE, in her official capacity,
Defendants,
CITY OF SEATTLE,
Respondent-Intervenor.
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Claire Elizabeth Tonry
Eric D. 'Knoll' Lowney
Philip Albert Talmadge
Mark Christopher Lamb
Andrew Ryan Stokesbary
Hon. Dan Satterberg
Jennifer M. Stacy
Janine Elizabeth Joly
Hon. Pete Holmes
Michael Ryan/Carlton Seu/
Jeffery Moss Slayton
|
95551-4 (consol. w/ 95571-9) (C/A 74055-5-I)
Petition for Review Granted
"MOTION TO SEAL LIMITED PORTIONS OF ANSWER TO AMICI IF COURT SEALS CORRESPONDING BRIEFING"
PASSED TO THE MERITS
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20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent,
v.
JENNIFER CATHRYN DREEWES,
Petitioner.
_________________________
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Petitioner,
v.
JENNIFER CATHRYN DREEWES,
Respondent .
|
Hon. Mark Roe
Mary Kathleen Webber
Marla Leslie Zink
Gregory Charles Link
_________________________
Hon. Mark Roe
Mary Kathleen Webber
Marla Leslie Zink
Gregory Charles Link
|
1:00 P.M.
201,781-9 (WSBA #21530)94971-9 (C/A 74899-8-I)
"RESPONDENT’S MOTION TO SEAL THE RECORD IN THIS CASE "
PASSED TO THE MERITS
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|
In re:
MARY ELIZABETH SCHMITT,
Attorney at Law.
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Sachia Stonefeld Powell
(WSBA)
Leland G. Ripley
|
1:30 P.M.
94971-9 (C/A 74899-8-I)
Discretionary Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Gordon McCloud recused / Worswick, J.P.T. |
In re Personal Restraint Petition of
DEREK E. GRONQUIST,
Petitioner.
|
Jeffrey Erwin Ellis
Hon. Bob Ferguson
Mandy Lynn Rose
John Joseph Samson
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| 9:00 A.M.
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OLYMPIA
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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
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201,706-1 (WSBA #40475)
Attorney Discipline
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In re:
RUSSELL JAMES JENSEN JR.,
Attorney at Law..
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Russell James Jensen Jr.
Joanne S. Abelson (WSBA)
|
95479-8 (C/A 34120-8-III consolidated with 34121-6-III,
34122-4-III, 34123-2-III, 34124-1-III, 34125-9-III,
34126-7-III, 34127-5-III, 34128-3-III, 34129-1-III,
34130-5-III, 34131-3-III, 34132-1-III, 34133-0-III,
34134-8-III, 34135-6-III, 34136-4-III, 34137-2-III,
34138-1-III, 34139-9-III, 34140-2-III, 34141-1-III,
34142-9-III, 34143-7-III, 34180-1-III and 34205-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
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20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent,
v.
ANTHONY JASON SIMS,
Respondent,
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES and WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL,
Petitioners,
and
SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR CASES
CONSOLIDATED ON APPEAL.
|
Hon. Randy J. Flyckt
Eric J. Nielsen
Jennifer J. Sweigert
Hon. Bob Ferguson
Gregory Kennedy Ziser
Jay Douglas Geck
Hon. Larry H. Haskell
Andrea L. Utigard-Borg
|
1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING – STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT
201,788-6 (WSBA #33341)
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|
In re:
HAROLD M. TURNER,
Attorney at Law.
|
M. Craig Bray (WSBA)
Harold M. Turner
|
1:30 P.M.
95029-6 (Thurston 16-2-04334-5)
Notice of Appeal
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SPOKANE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State
of Washington; PIERCE COUNTY, a political
subdivision of the State of Washington; DOUGLAS
COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State
of Washington; LEWIS COUNTY, a political subdivision of
the State of Washington; KITSAP COUNTY, a political
subdivision of the State of Washington; MASON
COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of
Washington; CHELAN COUNTY, a political subdivision
of the State of Washington; and CITY OF SPOKANE, a
political subdivision of the State of Washington,
Appellants,
v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE,
Respondent.
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John Craig Bjorkman
James M. Lynch
Gabrielle Elizabeth Thompson
Hon. Bob Ferguson
Martha Ffrost Wehling
Joseph Vincent Panesko
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| 9:00 A.M.
|
OLYMPIA
|
OCTOBER 9, 2018
|
95420-8 (consol. w/ 95436-4 (C/A 75779-2-I
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF SEATTLE, a bank
created by federal law,
Petitioner,
v.
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC f/k/a
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company; CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., a
Delaware corporation; and CREDIT SUISS
E MANAGEMENT LLC f/k/a CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company,
RespondentS.
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF SEATTLE, a bank
created by federal law,
Petitioner,
v.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL, INC., a Connecticut corporation;
BCAP LLC, Delaware limited liability company; and
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, a public limited company
registered in England and Wales,
Respondents.
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Diana Siri Breaux
Matthew Aaron Carvalho
David Grais
Joseph Ross Wallin
Michael Jacob Ewart
Michael T Reynolds
Richard J. Stark
Richard W. Clary
Lauren A. Moskowitz
Paul Francis Rugani
Daniel J. Dunne Jr.
Barry Levin
Diana Siri Breaux
David Grais
Joseph Ross Wallin
Louis David Peterson
Brian Corker Free
Agnes Dunogue
Matthew Craner
|
95603-1 (C/A 75510-2-I))
Petition for Review Granted
| 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
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STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Petitioner,
v.
MICHAEL DAVID HENDERSON,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Dan Satterberg
Ann Marie Summers
James Morrissey Whisman
Marla Leslie Zink
Gregory Charles Link
|
1:30 P.M.
95115-2 (C/A 74469-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
AS TO THE ISSUE OF THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE CHARGING DOCUMENT ONLY
| 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent.
v.
DIANA JOLINE MERRITT,
Petitioner,
DOUGLAS ROSS WHITE, AND EACH OF THEM,
Defendants.
|
Hon. Dan Satterberg
David M. Seaver
Jennifer H.S. Atchison
Casey Grannis
|
| 9:00 A.M.
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OLYMPIA
|
OCTOBER 18, 2018
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|
95307-4 (C/A 49453-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused |
END PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX,
Respondent,
v.
KING COUNTY,
Respondent,
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Eric D. 'Knoll' Lowney
Claire Elizabeth Tonry
Hon. Dan Satterberg
David J. Hackett
Janine Elizabeth Joly
Thomas William Kuffel
Paul J. Lawrence
Shae Blood
Kymberly Kathryn Evanson
|
95454-2 (C/A 48384-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused |
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Petitioner,
v.
DARCUS DEWAYNE ALLEN,
Respondent.
|
Hon. Mark Lindquist
Jason Ruyf
Gregory Charles Link
|
1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT
201,796-7 (WSBA #15020)
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused |
In re:
GARY EVAN RANDALL,
Attorney at Law.
|
Natalea Skvir (WSBA)
Gary Evan Randall
|
1:30 P.M.
95707-0 (C/A 77094-2-I)
Discretionary Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused |
CITY OF SHORELINE,
Respondent,
v.
SOLOMON MCLEMORE,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Margaret King
Carmen Marie McDonald
David Christopher Iannotti
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| 9:00 A.M.
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OLYMPIA
|
OCTOBER 23, 2018
|
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95105-5 (C/A 33673-5-III)
Cross-Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent.
v.
GARY BRUCE FARNWORTH II,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Bob Ferguson
Tienney K-M Milnor
Douglas Dwight Phelps
|
95531-0 (C/A 75671-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
JARED KARSTETTER and JULIE KARSTETTER, his
spouse, who together form a marital community,
Respondent,
v.
KING COUNTY CORRECTIONS GUILD, a nonprofit
corporation doing business as a labor union, RANDY
WEAVER, SONYA WEAVER, LEONARD ORTH,
KATHERINE ORTH, GARRIN CLARK, GABRIEL
VIGIL,
Respondents,
WILLIAM B. ATCHISON, ANIL S. KARIA, TREVOR
CALDWELL, individually and as representatives; and
PUBLIC SAFETY LAW GROUP, a legal services public
corporation,
Defendants.
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Judith A. Lonnquist
Dmitri L. Iglitzin
Rory W. Leid
Peter Roy Barnett
Patrick N. Rothwell
|
1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING – STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT
201,798-3 (WSBA #36158)
|
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In re:
NOEL JAMES PITNER,
Attorney at Law.
|
Codee L. McDaniel (WSBA)
Noel James Pitner
|
1:30 P.M.
95794-1 (C/A 34852-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY AS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT ANTIATTACHMENT ISSUE
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent,
v.
JASON M. CATLING,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Lawrence H. Haskell
Brian Clayton O'Brien
Gretchen Eileen Verhoef
Thomas Michael Kummerow
Sara Sofia Taboada
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
OLYMPIA
|
OCTOBER 25, 2018
|
95575-1 (C/A 49588-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
RANDY REYNOLDS & ASSOCIATES, INC. dba
REYNOLDS REAL ESTATE,
Respondent,
v.
KASEY HARMON aka KASEY HARMAN, Any
Subtenants, and All Others Acting By Or Through Them,
Petitioners,
|
Michael G. Gusa
Scott Crain
Stephen John Parsons
Edmund Robert Witter
Leslie Woodruff Owen
|
95449-6 (C/A 74600-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
JOHN STRAUSS and MICHELLE STRAUSS,
Petitioners,
v.
PREMERA BLUE CROSS,
Respondent.
|
Howard Mark Goodfriend
Victoria Elizabeth Ainsworth
Patrick A. Trudell
Gwendolyn C. Payton
John R. Neeleman
|
1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT ORAL ARGUMENT
| 201,799-1 (WSBA #13367)
|
|
In re:
MICHAEL JOHN MCLAUGHLIN,
Attorney at law.
|
Emily Blair Krueger (WSBA)
Michael John McLaughlin
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
OLYMPIA
|
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
|
|
95416-0 (C/A 75541-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
CHAN HEALTHCARE GROUP, PS, a Washington
professional services corporation,
Petitioner,
v.
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. and
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY, foreign insurance companies,
RespondentS.
|
David Elliot Breskin
Cynthia J. Heidelberg
Philip Albert Talmadge
John Michael Silk
Manuel Berrelez
|
95632-4 (C/A 48800-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE |
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent,
v.
JOHN DOUGLAS MAYFIELD,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Ryan Jurvakainen
Sean M. Brittain
Mary Swift
|
1:00 P.M. - SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT
201,657-0 (WSBA #43756)
|
|
In re:
SAMUEL CAMPBELL MARSH,
Attorney at law.
|
Francesca D'Angelo (WSBA)
Samuel Campbell Marsh
|
1:30 P.M.
95015-6 (Pierce 17-2-06719-4)
Notice of Appeal
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY,
Respondent,
v.
THOMAS B. CLARK, MD, Pierce County Chief Medical Examiner, and PIERCE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER,
Appellants.
|
Michael Eliott Chait
Tom Montgomery
Hon. Mark Lindquist
Stephen D. Trinen
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
OLYMPIA
|
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
|
95734-7 (C/A 75458-1-I))
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
STATE OF WASHINGTON
Respondent,
v.
RONALD RICHARD BROWN
Petitioner.
|
Hon. Mark Roe
Seth Aaron Fine
Mick Woynarowski
Maureen Marie Cyr
|
95528-0 (C/A 75537-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
AS TO RIGHT TO SELF-REPRESENTATION AND CONFRONTATION
CLAUSE ISSUES ONLY |
20 MINUTES PER SIDE |
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
Respondent,
v.
MICHAEL IAN BURNS,
Petitioner.
|
Hon. David S. McEachran
Hilary A. Thomas
Thomas Michael Kummerow
|
1:30 P.M.
95959-5
Original Action Against State Officer
"RESPONDENT YAKIMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES' MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS AND RECORD" – PASSED TO THE MERITS
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
JANELLE RIDDLE, Yakima County Clerk,
Petitioner,
v.
DAVID A. ELOFSON, KEVIN S. NAUGHT,
MICHAEL G. MCCARTHY, DOUGLAS L. FEDERSPIEL, BLAINE
G. GIBSON, RUTH E. REUKAUF, GAYLE M.
HARTHCOCK, and RICHARD H. BARTHFIELD,
Judges of the Superior Court of the State of Washington
for Yakima County,
Respondents.
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Hon. Steven Michael Clem
Hon. Joseph Anthony Brusic
William Douglas Hyslop
Jennifer Hanson
Tori Jade Osler
|
| 9:00 A.M.
|
OLYMPIA
|
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
|
|
|
95062-8 (Pierce 15-2-11618-1)
Discretionary Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE |
CESAR BELTRAN-SERRANO, an incapacitated person,
individually, and BIANCA BELTRAN as guardian ad
litem of the person and estate of CESAR BELTRAN-
SERRANO,
Petitioner,
v.
CITY OF TACOMA, a political subdivision of the State
of Washington,
Respondent.
|
Philip Albert Talmadge
John Robert Connelly Jr.
Micah R. LeBank
Hon. Bill Fosbre
Jean P. Homan
Catherine Wright Smith
|
95394-5 (C/A 77528-6-I)
Discretionary Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
|
In re the Matter of the Personal Restraint of
TIME RIKAT MEIPPEN,
Petitioner.
|
Gregory Charles Link
Hon. Dan Satterberg
Amy R. Meckling
|
1:00 P.M. SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT
201,784-3 (WSBA #43721)
|
|
In re:
ADRIENNE SUE THOMMES,
Attorney at Law.
|
Codee Lynn McDaniel (WSBA)
Leland G. Ripley
|
1:30 P.M.
95173-0 (C/A 76019-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted
|
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Yu recused/
J. Robin Hunt, J.P.T.
|
L.M. a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem,
WILLIAM L.E. DUSSAULT,
Petitioner,
v.
LAURA HAMILTON, individually and her marital
community; LAURA HAMILTON LICENSED
MIDWIFE, a Washington business,
Respondents.
|
Ron Perey
Carla Tachau Lawrence
Simeon Osborn
Susan Machler
Donna Maria Moniz
Karin Jeanne Mitchell
Mary H. Spillane
Kyle M. Butler
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