Supreme Court Docket
Supreme Court Briefs
Winter 2019

Justices of the Supreme Court

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

Appointive Officers of the Supreme Court

Clerk Susan L. Carlson
Court Commissioner Michael Johnston
Reporter Sam Thompson
Administrator for the Courts Dawn Marie Rubio
State Law Librarian Robert Mead
Bailiff Guy Rosser

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 Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Charles Johnson     Justice Susan J. Owens
    Justice Charlie Wiggins     Justice Sheryl McCloud
   

Department Two

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Barbara A. Madsen     Justice Debra Stephens
    Justice Steven C. González     Justice Mary Yu

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 2019 Winter Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

January 8, 2019
February 5, 2019
March 5, 2019
April 2, 2019

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.
Supreme Court Briefs

Oral Argument Dates

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 15, 2019
TWO CASES ONLY
95080-6 (Spokane 16-1-03814-1)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,

    v.
MIKHAIL G. KARPOV,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Lawrence Haskell
  Brian Clayton O'Brien
  Samuel Joseph Comi

Dean Tze-Ming Chuang
95905-6 (C/A 48454-4-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
LEONEL ROMERO OCHOA,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Mary E. Robnett
  Britta Ann Halverson

Casey Grannis

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 17, 2019
THREE CASES; TWO IN A.M.; ONE IN P.M.
95992-7 (C/A 35216-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
JAMES AUSTIN YANCEY,
          Respondent.
 Hon. James Lyle Nagle
Teresa Jeanne Chen

Tanesha La Trelle Canzater
96072-1 (C/A 50623-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JERRY L. BARR III,
          Respondent,
    v.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY SHERIFF,
          Petitioner.
 Vitaliy Kertchen


Hon. Adam Cornell
  Lyndsey Marie Downs

1:00 P.M. – SHOW CAUSE HEARING - STRICKEN
TO BE CONSIDERED W/O ORAL ARGUMENT

201,815-7 (WSBA #11122)
In re:

MARCIA MARIE MEADE,

         Attorney at Law.

Benjamin J. Attanasio (WSBA)

Marcia Marie Meade

1:30 P.M.

96017-8 (C/A 75072-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
DAVID ZACHERY MORGAN,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Adam Cornell
  Seth Aaron Fine

Kathleen A. Shea

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 22, 2019
TWO CASES ONLY
95347-3 (Thurston 17-2-02446-2)
Notice of Appeal 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In the Matter of:

LEVI GUERRA, ESTHER V. JOHN, and
PETER B. CHIAFALO
 Jonah Harrison
  Sumeer Singla
Lester Lawrence Lessig
Jason Seth Harrow
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Callie Anne Castillo
95814-9 (C/A 33794-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
JEREMIAH JAMES GILBERT,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. David Quesnel
  Jennifer Paige Joseph

Dennis W. Morgan

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 24, 2019
ONE CASE ONLY
95971-4 (C/A 74438-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
THERESA GAIL SCANLAN,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Ann Marie Summers

Nancy P. Collins

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 21, 2019
THREE CASES; TWO IN A.M.; ONE IN P.M.
95586-7 (Thurston 16-2-04768-5)
Notice of Appeal 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
THURSTON COUNTY, ex rel., JOHN SNAZA, THURSTON COUNTY SHERIFF,
          Appellants,
    v.
CITY OF OLYMPIA, a municipal corporation; CITY OF LACEY, a municipal corporation; CITY OF TUMWATER, a municipal corporation; and CITY OF YELM, a municipal corporation,
          Respondents,
     and
CITY OF TENINO, a municipal corporation,
          Respondent-Intervenor.
 Hon. Jon Tunheim
  Donald R. Peters Jr.

Richard L. Hughes
Michael R. Kenyon
David S. Schneider
Mark Barber
Karen Elsa Kirkpatrick
Brent Frederick Dille
96090-9 (C/A 34233-6-III)
Petition for Review and Cross Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
BISIR BILAL MUHAMMAD,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Benjamin Curler Nichols
Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Jennifer Paige Joseph
Andrea Burkhart

1:30 P.M.

95947-1 (C/A 49231-8-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
JOSHUA C. FRAHM,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Anthony Golik
  Kelly Michael Ryan

Gregory Charles Link
  Kate Benward

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 26, 2019
THREE CASES; TWO IN A.M.; ONE IN P.M.
96069-1 (consolidate with 96073-9)
(C/A 34496-7-III and 34525-4-III)
Petitions for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
MICHAEL NELSON PECK and CLARK ALLEN TELLVIK,
          Respondents.
 Hon. Gregory Lee Zempel
  Carole Louise Highland

Candy K. Powers
Christopher Taylor
Tanesha La Trelle Canzater
95867-0 (C/A 75731-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
MOUN KEODALAH and AUNG KEODALAH, husband and wife,
          Respondents,
    v.
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, and TRACEY SMITH and JOHN DOE SMITH, husband and wife,
          Petitioners.
 Scott David Smith
  C. Steven Fury
Vonda Michell Sargent

Gavin W. Skok
Michael Barr King
  Jason Wayne Anderson
Irene Margret Hecht

1:30 P.M.

96164-6 (C/A 76826-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
RON GIPSON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, a municipal corporation,
          Respondent.
 Rodney R. Moody


Hon. Adam Cornell
  Sara J. Di Vittorio

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 28, 2019
THREE CASES; TWO IN A.M.; ONE IN P.M.
96187-5 (16-35314 and 16-35368)
Certified Federal Court 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Fairhurst, C.J. recused
SHANNON C. ADAMSON and NICHOLAS ADAMSON, husband and wife,
          Plaintiffs-Appellees,
    v.
PORT OF BELLINGHAM, a Washington Municipal Corporation,
          Defendant-Appellant.



____________________________________________
SHANNON C. ADAMSON and NICHOLAS ADAMSON, husband and wife,
          Plaintiffs-Appellants,
    v.
PORT OF BELLINGHAM, a Washington Municipal Corporation,
          Defendant-Appellee.
 James P. Jacobsen
  Joseph Stephen Stacey
Philip Albert Talmadge

Jason Wayne Anderson
  Michael Barr King
Frank Joseph Chmelik
  Seth Ananda Woolson

James P. Jacobsen
  Joseph Stephen Stacey
Philip Albert Talmadge

Jason Wayne Anderson
  Michael Barr King
Frank Joseph Chmelik
  Seth Ananda Woolson
95945-5 (Franklin 18-2-50522-7)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Fairhurst, C.J. recused
In re the APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL DEPUTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
 Pamela Beth Loginsky

William Dale Kamerrer

1:30 P.M.

96335-5 (16-35205 JLR)
Certified Federal Court 		25 MINUTES PER SIDE
CASEY TAYLOR; ANGELINA TAYLOR, husband and wife and the marital community composed thereof,
          Plaintiffs,
    v.
BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware Corporation licensed to do business in the State of Washington; BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation licensed to do business in the State of Washington,
          Defendants.
 Shelby R. Frost Lemmel
  Kenneth Wendell Masters
Jay Roderik Stephens

Bryan P. Neal
Richard Paul Lentini
  Britenae M. C. Pierce

9:00 A.M. CENTRALIA MARCH 12, 2019
THREE CASES; TWO IN A.M.; ONE IN P.M.
95858-1 (C/A 77767-0-I)
Petition for Review Granted
granted as to the issue of community caretaking exception only 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
MICHAEL CLIFFORD BOISSELLE,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Mary E. Robnett
  Mark Von Wahlde

Dana M. Nelson
95542-5 (C/A 76258-3-I)
Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
B.O.J.,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Samuel Bay Dinning

Travis Stearns
  Gregory Charles Link
  Thomas Michael Kummerow

1:30 P.M.

96035-6 (C/A 73947-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
MARC DANIEL MCKEE,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Rich A. Weyrich
  Erik Pedersen
  Rosemary Hawkins Kaholokula
Rebecca Bartlett
David Bruce Koch

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 14, 2019
FOUR CASES; TWO IN A.M.; TWO IN P.M.
95827-1 (C/A 34671-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
MONICA DIAZ BARRIGA FIGUEROA, as parent and natural guardian of BRAYAN MARTINEZ, a minor,
          Respondent,
    v.
CONSUELO PRIETO MARISCAL, individually and the marital property thereof, if any,
          Petitioner.
 Ned Stratton
  Brian J. Anderson
George M. Ahrend

Steven M. Cronin
Joseph D. Hampton
  Michelle Elizabeth Kierce
96063-1 (C/A 76510-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
WASHINGTON STATE HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION, a public body corporate and politic of the State of Washington,
          Petitioner,
    v.
NATIONAL HOMEBUYERS FUND, INC., f/k/a Homebuyers Fund, Incorporated, a California nonprofit corporation; GOLDEN STATE FINANCE AUTHORITY, f/k/a California Home Finance Authority, f/k/a California Rural Home Mortgage Finance Authority, a California joint powers authority; RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA, f/k/a Regional Council of Rural Counties, f/k/a Mountain Counties Water Resources Association, a California nonprofit corporation,
          Respondents.
 Paul J. Lawrence
  Taki V. Flevaris
  Alanna Peterson
  Shae Blood

Avi Joshua Lipman
  Theresa DeMonte
James Wagstaffe
  Ivo Labar
  Michael von Loewenfeldt

1:30 P.M.

96200-6 (C/A 76360-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
TERESA BANOWSKY,
          Petitioner,
    v.
GUY BACKSTROM, D.C., d/b/a BEAR CREEK CHIROPRACTIC CENTER,
          Respondent.
 James R. Banowsky
Paul Fogarty

Jennifer D. Koh
  Eron Zachary Cannon
  Mark Brandon Melter
96434-3 (Spokane 16-8-00181-1)
Discretionary Review Granted
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
T.J.S.-M.,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Lawrence H. Haskell
  Brian Clayton O'Brien
  Samuel Joseph Comi
Sean M. Downs

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 19, 2019
THREE CASES; TWO IN A.M.; ONE IN P.M.
95920-0 (C/A 75277-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ON THE JUROR BIAS ISSUE ONLY 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
TOMAS MUSSIE BERHE,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Dennis John McCurdy
  Ann Marie Summers
Nancy P. Collins
95885-8 (Thurston 16-2-03923-2)
Notice of Appeal 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON BUSINESS, INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS OF NORTHWEST UTILITIES, NORTHWEST FOOD PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION, NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL GAS USERS, NORTHWEST PULP and PAPER ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, WASHINGTON FARM BUREAU, and WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION,
          Respondents,
    v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY,
          Appellant,
    and
WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, CLIMATE SOLUTIONS and NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL,
          Appellant-Intervenors.



____________________________________________
AVISTA CORPORATION, CASCADE NATURAL GAS CORPORATION, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY and PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.,
          Respondents,
    v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY,
          Appellant,
    and
WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, CLIMATE SOLUTIONS, and NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL,
          Appellant-Intervenors. 		Jason T. Morgan
  Jeffrey Wayne Leppo
  Matthew Cohen




Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Emily Crystal Nelson
  Laura J. Watson
  Katharine G. Shirey
Amanda Wilcox Goodin
  Jan Erik Hasselman
  Marisa Christine Ordonia




Gregory C. Hesler
Emily Wilson


Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Emily Crystal Nelson
  Laura J. Watson
  Katharine G. Shirey
Amanda Wilcox Goodin
  Jan Erik Hasselman
  Marisa Christine Ordonia

1:30 P.M.

96304-5 (C15-1215-RSL)
Certified Federal Court 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
MONEY MAILER, LLC,
          Plaintiff,
    v.
WADE G. BREWER,
          Defendant.

____________________________________________
WADE G. BREWER,
          Counterclaim Plaintiff,
    v.
MONEY MAILER, LLC, et al.,
          Counterclaim Defendant. 		Brian John Janura
  Nathan T. Alexander

Adam Rosenberg
  Daniel Andrew Brown
  Daniel Velloth
Leslie Schwaebe Akins
 

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