Supreme Court Docket
Supreme Court Briefs
Winter 2021

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice Steven C. González
Justice Charles W. Johnson
Justice Barbara A. Madsen
Justice Susan Owens
Justice Debra L. Stephens
Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud
Justice Mary I. Yu
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Justice G. Helen Whitener

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 Steven C. González
    Justice Charles Johnson     Justice Susan J. Owens
    Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud     Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
   

Department Two
Chief Justice Steven C. González
    Justice Barbara A. Madsen     Justice Debra L. Stephens
    Justice Mary Yu     Justice G. Helen Whitener

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 2021 Winter Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

January 5, 2021
February 2, 2021
March 2, 2021
April 6, 2021

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

10:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 19, 2021
98596-1 (C/A 78985-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In the Matter of the Dependency of

E.M., a minor child.
 Jan Trasen

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Kelly L. Taylor
  Alicia O. Young

Kathleen Carney Martin

1:30 P.M.

98985-1 (King 20-2-01420-6 SEA)
Notice of Appeal		 30 MINUTES FOR
APPELLANTS; 20 MINUTES
FOR RESPONDENT
FAMILIES; 20 MINUTES
FOR RESPONDENT LAW
ENFORCEMENT PARTIES
THE FAMILY OF DAMARIUS BUTTS, by and through
his mother, Ann Butts,
          Respondent/Cross-Appellant,
    v.





DOW CONSTANTINE, in his official capacity as King
County Executive, MICHAEL SPEARMAN, in his
official capacity as King County Inquest Administrator,
          Appellants/Cross-Respondents.
 La Rond Baker
  Adrien G. Leavitt
Stewart Andrew Estes
Thomas P. Miller
Corey William Guilmette
  Rebecca Fish
Amy K. Parker
  Susan Claire Sobel

Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Thomas William Kuffel
  Samantha Dara Kanner
  David J. Hackett
Timothy J. Filer

Karen L. Cobb
Theron A. Buck
  Evan Bariault

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA JANUARY 21, 2021
ONE CASE ONLY
98591-0 (C/A 78704-7-I consolidated with 78830-2-I)
Petition for Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
LYNELL AVERY DENHAM,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Dennis John McCurdy

David Bruce Koch
  Mary Swift

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 11, 2021
TWO CASES ONLY
98554-5 (C/A 37097-6-III, consolidated with 37098-4-III,
37099-2-III, 37100-0-III, 37101-8-III)
Discretionary Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re the Dependency of G.J.A., A.R.A., S.S.A., J.J.A.,

V.A., minor children.
 Jodi R. Backlund
Manek R. Mistry

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Christopher Michael Jordan
  Rachel Brehm King
98319-4
Original Action		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Justice Madsen recused /
Lisa Sutton, J.P.T.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,DAVID LADENBURG, in his capacity as a
Tacoma Municipal Court Judge,
          Petitioner,
    v.
DREW HENKE, in her capacity as the Presiding Judge of
the Tacoma Municipal Court,
          Respondent.
 Philip Albert Talmadge
  Thomas M. Fitzpatrick


Hon. William Cody Fosbre
  Jean P. Homan

10:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 16, 2021
TWO CASES ONLY
98221-0 (Snohomish 18-2-08290-9)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted
GRANTED AS TO LANDLORD PREMISES LIABILITY ISSUE
ONLY 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
MARIA JESUS SARALEGUI BLANCO,
          Petitioner,
    v.
DAVID GONZALEZ SANDOVAL, ALEXANDRA
BARAJAS GONZALEZ, and the marital community
comprised thereof, and ERNESTO HERNANDEZ, TERI
HERNANDEZ, and the marital community thereof,
          Respondents.
 Derek K. Moore


Marilee C. Erickson
Ofelia Ashanti Granados

1:30 P.M.

98795-5 (C/A 79335-7-I)
Petition for Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
SAMUEL DAVID OBERT SLATER,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Adam Cornell
  J. Scott Halloran

James Wayne Herr
Peter Mazzone

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 18, 2021
98719-0 (C/A 36506-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, Ex Rel. LAWRENCE H.
HASKELL,
          Respondents,
    v.
SPOKANE COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, JUDGE
DEBRA R. HAYES,
          Other Parties,
GEORGE E. TAYLOR,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Larry Haskell
  Stephanie Jane Richards

Alana Leigh Brown
Todd Maybrown
98730-1 (C/A 36439-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
SEVEN HILLS, LLC, a Washington limited liability
company; and WATER WORKS PROPERTIES, LLC, a
Washington limited liability company,
          Petitioners,
    v.
CHELAN COUNTY, a municipal corporation,
          Respondent.
 Taudd Alexander Hume
  James McPhee
  Deanna Marie Willman

Kenneth W. Harper
Hon. Douglas Shae
  Susan E. Hinkle

1:30 P.M.

98694-1 (C/A 52915-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
FLOYD F. RINEHOLD and CLARISSA E. RINEHOLD,
husband and wife,
          Petitioners,
     v.
GARY T. RENNE and ELEANOR F. RENNE, husband
and wife,
          Respondents.

DONALD DUANE DeNOTTA and CARON
DeNOTTA, husband and wife, and D.D. DeNOTTA, LLC, SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION OF WASHINGTON,
a Washington Credit Union; PINNACLE CAPITAL
MORTGAGE CORP D/B/A CASCADE MORTGAGE,
a Washington Corporation; MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a
Delaware corporation, as Nominee for Pinnacle Capital
Mortgage Corp D/B/A Cascade Mortgage; CAVALRY
SPV ILIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, a
Washington limited liability company, as Assignee of
HSBC Bank Nevada,
          Other Parties.
 Stephen Talcott Whitehouse




Mark A. Wilner
 John Douglas Cadagan


Magnus Rune Andersson
Melissa Elaine Chapman

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 23, 2021
TWO CASES ONLY
98753-0 (C/A 80649-1-I)
Petition for Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
CITY OF PUYALLUP,
          Respondent,
    v.
CONWAY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,
          Petitioner.
 William Allen Linton
  Christopher William Pirnke
Hon. Joseph N. Beck
Joseph John Straus
  Ryan William Dumm
  Colin Jeffrey Folawn
James Craig Rusk
  Ryan Matthew Gilchrist
98791-2 (C/A 36286-8-III)
Petition for Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
EFFREY WOOD and ANNA WOOD, husband and wife,
          Petitioners,
    v.
MILIONIS CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Washington
corporation; STEPHEN MILIONIS, an individual,
          Other Parties
CINCINNATI SPECIALTY UNDERWRITERS
INSURANCE COMPANY, an insurance corporation,
          Respondent.
 Kevin W. Roberts

Gary A. Sparling
  Sarah Elizabeth Davenport
  Paul Mark Rosner

Brook L. Cunningham

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA FEBRUARY 25, 2021
TWO CASES ONLY
98904-4 (C/A 37356-8-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY AS TO THE ISSUE OF APPEALABILITY OF
THE ORDER REVOKING THE LESS RESTRICTIVE
ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In the Matter of the Detention of

MICHAEL A. MCHATTON,
          Petitioner.
 Casey Grannis

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Peter B. Gonick
  Kelly Paradis
98973-7 (C/A 36330-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED AS TO SCHOOL BUS STOP AGGRAVATOR ISSUE
ONLY		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
BRIAN JEFFREY ANDERSON,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Gregory Lee Zempel
  Carole Louise Highland
  Jodi Marie Hammond

Kevin Andrew March

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 9, 2021
TWO CASES ONLY
98613-4 (C/A 53923-3-II)
Motion for Discretionary Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re Citizen Complaint by:
THOMAS W. STOUT,
          Petitioner,
    v.
GEENE D. FELIX,
          Respondent.
 Gary Alan Preble

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  James M. Richardson III
  Karl David Smith

Pamela Beth Loginsky
98726-2 (C/A 51414-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ONLY ON ISSUE WHETHER THE
FORESEEABILITY EXCEPTION TO THE NOTICE
REQUIREMENT APPLIES IN THE CONTEXT OF PREMISES
LIABILITY ACTIONS		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
DARCY L. JOHNSON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON LIQUOR AND CANNABIS
BOARD,
          Respondent.
 Joseph M. Mano Jr.
George M. Ahrend

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Michael Patrick Lynch
  Kimberly Jeane Cox
  Alan D. Copsey
Michael Joseph Throgmorton

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 11, 2021
98928-1 (C/A 36365-1-III)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED AS TO INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL ON
EVIDENTIARY ISSUES ONLY		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
JESSICA L. VAZQUEZ,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Benjamin Curler Nichols
  Curtis Lane Liedkie
Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Lindsey Megan Grieve

Gregory Charles Link
  Nancy P. Collins
99243-6 (Thurston 15-2-01939-0)
Notice of Appeal		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
KATHY ARLENE TURNER, individually and as the
Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF
KENT ALLEN TURNER, Deceased,
          Appellant,
    v.

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL &
HEALTH SERVICES; LEWIS MASON THURSTON
AREA AGENCY ON
AGING; RES-CARE WASHINGTON, INC., a Delaware
corporation; and LIFE THERAPEUTIC WORKS, LLC,
a Washington Limited Liability Corporation,
          Respondents.
 Bradley Jerome Moore
  Brian F. Ladenburg
  A. Melanie Nguyen
Philip Albert Talmadge
  Gary Manca

Christopher Joseph Kerley
Eron Zachary Cannon
  Jennifer M. Smitrovich
Jean Magladry
Tiersa Justice
Dianna Caley
Frederick Dee Gentry
  Mark L.B. Wheeler Jr.
  John A. Kesler III
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Joseph Michael Diaz
  Sara Avet Cassidey

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

201,988-9
In re:

DAVID A. JAKEMAN, Attorney at Law.
 Henry Marcus Cruz (WSBA)

David A. Jakeman
1:30 P.M.
99344-1 (C/A 54629-9-II)
Motion for Discretionary Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re Personal Restraint Petition of

ROBERT RUFUS WILLIAMS,
          Petitioner.
 Jacqueline McMurtrie
  Kaylan Lee Lovrovich

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Timothy John Feulner

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA MARCH 16, 2021
98824-2 (C/A 78230-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted;
Contingent Issue Raised in Answer to Petition Granted		 25 MINUTES PER SIDE
CITY OF SEATTLE,
          Respondent.
    v.
STEVEN GREGORY LONG,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Pete Holmes
  Erica Franklin
Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr.
  Aaron Edward Millstein
Michael Jordan Thompson

James Elliot Lobsenz
  Alison Sophia Bilow
97672-4 (King 17-2-11811-7 SEA)
Notice of Appeal		 30 MINUTES PER SIDE
JANELLE HENDERSON,
         Appellant,
    v.

ALICIA M. THOMPSON,
          Respondent.
 Vonda Michell Sargent
  Carol Farr
C. Steven Fury

Gregory S. Worden
  Heather M. Jensen
  Laura Hawes Young

1:30 P.M.

98905-2 (C/A 36857-2-III)
Motion for Discretionary Review Granted		 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In Re the Termination of Parental Rights to

M.A.S.C.,
          a minor child.
 Eric J. Nielsen
Jennifer J. Sweigert

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  William McGinty
 

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