Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M Olympia January 21, 2020

Case No. 1 - 97410-1 COUNSEL
RANDOLPH PETERSON; JASON MOUNT; JAMES SUMMEY; PEGGI DOGGETT; JENNIFER HARTSFIELD; and MANDI OUKROP,

    v.

PORT OF BENTON,

STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, and BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

Philip Talmadge, William Schroeder, William Schroeder, Anne Schroeder



Rob Crichton, Eric Laliberte, David Billetdeaux

Paul Lawrence, Gregory Wong, Alanna Peterson, Andrew Yates, Timothy Wackerbarth
SYNOPSIS: A port got land on condition it allow a railroad to use some of it for free. Is this free use a gift of public funds?

Case No. 2 - 97283-4 COUNSEL
STATE OF WASHINGTON,

    v.

IMRA GREEN VAN WOLVELAERE,

JULIA E. TUCKER
Hon. Gregory Zempel, Carole Highland





Dennis Morgan

SYNOPSIS: Is a snowmobile a "motor vehicle" for purposes of the theft of a motor vehicle statute?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 97826-3 COUNSEL
DANIEL LYON,

    v.

OKANOGAN COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE; WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 1 OF DOUGLAS COUNTY

James McCormick, Stephen Bulzomi, Kenneth Masters, Shelby Frost Lemmel


Hon. Bob Ferguson, Michael Throgmorton, Jennifer Loynd, Paul James, Aloysius Lingg, Scott Samuelson, Michael King, Daniel Short, Scott Cifrese
SYNOPSIS: If a firefighter is injured in the course of their duties, can they sue the person whose negligence caused the fire?

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