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Docket Number: 96360-6
Title of Case: King County v. King County Water Dists.
File Date: 12/05/2019
Oral Argument Date: 09/17/2019

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from King County Superior Court
Docket No: 18-2-02238-0
Judgment or order under review
Date filed: 09/04/2018
Judge signing: Honorable Samuel S. Chung

JUSTICES
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Mary E. FairhurstDid Not Participate
Charles W. JohnsonSigned Majority
Barbara A. MadsenSigned Majority
Susan OwensSigned Majority
Debra L. StephensConcurrence Author
Charles K. WigginsSigned Majority
Steven C. GonzálezSigned Majority
Sheryl Gordon McCloudMajority Author
Mary I. YuSigned Majority
Robert Lawrence-Berrey,
J.P.T.
Signed Concurrence

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Appellant(s)
 Thomas Mackenzie Brown  
 Attorney at Law
 516 3rd Ave Rm W400
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2388

 David J. Hackett  
 King County Administration Building
 500 4th Ave Ste 900
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2316

 Matthew J. Segal  
 Pacifica Law Group LLP
 1191 2nd Ave Ste 2000
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3404

 Jessica Anne Skelton  
 Pacifica Law Group LLP
 1191 2nd Ave Ste 2000
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3404

 Kymberly Kathryn Evanson  
 Pacifica Law Group LLP
 1191 2nd Ave Ste 2000
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3404

 Donald C Woodworth  
 King Co. Prosecutor's Office
 516 3rd Ave Rm W400
 Seattle, WA, 98104-2388

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 Eric Clayton Frimodt  
 Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder PS
 10900 Ne 4th St Ste 1500
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-8345

 John William Milne  
 Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder PS
 10900 Ne 4th St Ste 1500
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-8345

 Hugh Davidson Spitzer  
 Attorney at Law
 5604 16th Ave Ne
 Seattle, WA, 98105-2521

 Philip Albert Talmadge  
 Talmadge/Fitzpatrick
 2775 Harbor Ave Sw
 Third Floor Ste C
 Seattle, WA, 98126-2138

 Mark S. Leen  
 Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder PS
 10900 Ne 4th St Ste 1500
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-8345

Counsel for Respondent Intervenor(s)
 Richard E. Jonson  
 Jonson & Jonson PS
 2701 1st Ave Ste 350
 Seattle, WA, 98121-1173

 David Florian Jurca  
 Helsell Fetterman LLP
 1001 4th Ave Ste 4200
 Seattle, WA, 98154-1154

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Counties
 Jeremy E Roller  
 Arete Law Group
 1218 3rd Ave Ste 2100
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3094

 Denise L. Ashbaugh  
 Arete Law Group
 1218 3rd Ave Ste 2100
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3094

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Shawnee Water Association
 Neil Henry Robblee  
 Attorney at Law
 Po Box 1329
 Edmonds, WA, 98020-1329

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association
 Joel Cartwright Merkel  
 Merkel Law Office
 1001 4th Ave Ste 4050
 Seattle, WA, 98154-1000

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Water Utilities Council
 Adam Waldon Gravley  
 Van Ness Feldman LLP
 719 2nd Ave Ste 1150
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1700

 Duncan Mcgehee Greene  
 Van Ness Feldman LLP
 719 2nd Ave Ste 1150
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1700

 Jenna Rose Mandell-Rice  
 Van Ness Feldman LLP
 719 2nd Ave Ste 1150
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1700

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Public Utility Districts Associations
 Adam Waldon Gravley  
 Van Ness Feldman LLP
 719 2nd Ave Ste 1150
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1700

 Duncan Mcgehee Greene  
 Van Ness Feldman LLP
 719 2nd Ave Ste 1150
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1700

 Jenna Rose Mandell-Rice  
 Van Ness Feldman LLP
 719 2nd Ave Ste 1150
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1700

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Rental Housing Association of Washington
 William Colwell Severson  
 William C. Severson, PLLC
 1001 4th Ave Ste 4400
 Seattle, WA, 98154-1192

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Puget Sound Energy
 Donna Lee Barnett  
 Perkins Coie LLP
 10885 Ne 4th St Ste 700
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-5579

 Ryan Crawford Thomas  
 Perkins Coie
 10885 Ne 4th St Ste 700
 Bellevue, WA, 98004-5579


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