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Opinion Information Sheet

Docket Number: 87703-3
Title of Case: Lemire v. Dep't of Ecology
File Date: 08/15/2013
Oral Argument Date: 11/13/2012

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from Columbia County Superior Court
Docket No: 10-2-00085-1
Judgment or order under review
Date filed: 09/22/2011
Judge signing: Honorable William D Acey

JUSTICES
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Steven C. GonzálezSigned Majority
Charles W. JohnsonSigned Majority
Barbara A. MadsenSigned Majority
Susan OwensSigned Majority
Debra L. StephensMajority Author
Sheryl Gordon McCloudDid Not Participate
Tom Chambers,
Justice Pro Tem.
Signed Majority
Mary E. FairhurstSigned Majority
James M. JohnsonDissent Author
Charles K. WigginsSigned Majority

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Appellant(s)
 Laura J Watson  
 Attorney Generals Office
 Po Box 40100
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0100

 Ivy Anderson  
 Office of the Attorney General, Ecology
 2425 Bristol Court Sw Fl 2
 Po Box 40117
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0117

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 Toni Meacham  
 Attorney at Law
 1420 Scooteney Rd
 Connell, WA, 99326-5000

 James Cortland Carmody  
 Velikanje Halverson PC
 Po Box 22550
 Yakima, WA, 98907-2550

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation and Washington Farm Bureau
 Brian Trevor Hodges  
 Pacific Legal Foundation
 10940 Ne 33rd Pl Ste 210
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-1432

 Daniel Alexander Himebaugh  
 Pacific Legal Foundation
 10940 Ne 33rd Pl Ste 210
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-1432

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Cattlemen's Association
 Caroline M Coppock-Lobdell  
 Western Resources Legal Center
 5100 Sw Macadam Ave Ste 350
 Portland, OR, 97239-3877

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Farm Bureau
 Brian Trevor Hodges  
 Pacific Legal Foundation
 10940 Ne 33rd Pl Ste 210
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-1432

 Daniel Alexander Himebaugh  
 Pacific Legal Foundation
 10940 Ne 33rd Pl Ste 210
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-1432

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Spokane County Cattlemen
 Caroline M Coppock-Lobdell  
 Western Resources Legal Center
 5100 Sw Macadam Ave Ste 350
 Portland, OR, 97239-3877

Amicus Curiae on behalf of U.S. Cattlemen's Association
 Caroline M Coppock-Lobdell  
 Western Resources Legal Center
 5100 Sw Macadam Ave Ste 350
 Portland, OR, 97239-3877

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Waterkeepers Washington
 Richard Kirk Eichstaedt  
 Center for Justice
 35 W Main Ave Ste 300
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0119

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Waterkeepers Washington
 Richard Kirk Eichstaedt  
 Center for Justice
 35 W Main Ave Ste 300
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0119

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association
 Jesse G Denike  
 Plauche & Carr LLP
 811 1st Ave Ste 630
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1426

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Cattle Producers of Washington
 Caroline M Coppock-Lobdell  
 Western Resources Legal Center
 5100 Sw Macadam Ave Ste 350
 Portland, OR, 97239-3877

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Lummi Nation
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Jamestown S'klallam Tribe
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of The Port Gamble S'klallam Tribe
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Swinomish Tribal Community
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Tulalip Tribes
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Stillaguamish Tribe
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Nooksack Tribe
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Suquamish Tribe
 Diana Rae Bob  
 Lummi Nation
 2665 Kwina Rd
 Bellingham, WA, 98226-9291

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys
 Roger D. Wynne  
 Seattle City Attorney's Office
 Po Box 94769
 Seattle, WA, 98124-4769

 Richard L Settle  
 Foster Pepper PLLC
 1111 3rd Ave Ste 3400
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3299

 Hugh Davidson Spitzer  
 Foster Pepper PLLC
 1111 3rd Ave Ste 3400
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3299

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
 Darren E. Carnell  
 Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
 516 3rd Ave Rm W400
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2385

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Futurewise
 Jeffrey M Eustis  
 Aramburu & Eustis LLP
 720 3rd Ave Ste 2112
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1860

 Tim Trohimovich  
 Futurewise
 816 2nd Ave Ste 200
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1535

Counsel for Other Parties
 Diane L. Mcdaniel  
 Attorney at Law
 Po Box 40110
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0110


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