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Docket Number: 91494-0
Title of Case: Blackburn v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs.
File Date: 07/28/2016
Oral Argument Date: 05/05/2016

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from Pierce County Superior Court
Docket No: 13-2-14072-7
Judgment or order under review
Date filed: 02/27/2015
Judge signing: Honorable Kitty-Ann Van Doorninck

JUSTICES
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Debra L. StephensSigned Majority
Charles W. JohnsonSigned Majority
Barbara A. MadsenSigned Majority
Susan OwensSigned Majority
Steven C. GonzálezSigned Majority
Sheryl Gordon McCloudSigned Majority
Mary I. YuSigned Majority
Mary E. FairhurstMajority Author
Charles K. WigginsSigned Majority

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Appellant(s)
 Jesse Andrew Wing  
 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless
 705 2nd Ave Ste 1500
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1745

 Joseph Robert Shaeffer  
 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless
 705 2nd Ave Ste 1500
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1745

 Tiffany Mae Cartwright  
 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless
 705 2nd Ave Ste 1500
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1745

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 Joseph Michael Diaz  
 Attorney General of Washington
 Po Box 40126
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0126

 Grace C.S. O'Connor  
 Washington State Office of the Attorney
 7141 Cleanwater Dr Sw
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0126

 Torts Division A.G. Office  
 Attorney at Law
 7141 Cleanwater Lane Sw
 P O Box 40126
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0126

 Allyson Zipp  
 Washington Attorney General's Office
 Po Box 40126
 7141 Cleanwater Ln Sw
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0126

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association
 Jeffrey Lowell Needle  
 Maynard Building
 119 1st Ave S Ste 200
 Seattle, WA, 98104-3450

Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU
 Breanne Schuster  
 Attorney at Law
 901 5th Ave Ste 630
 Seattle, WA, 98164-2086

 La Rond Baker  
 ACLU of Washington
 901 5th Ave Ste 630
 Seattle, WA, 98164-2086

 Nancy Lynn Talner  
 Attorney at Law
 901 5th Ave Ste 630
 Seattle, WA, 98164-2008

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation
 Bryan Patrick Harnetiaux  
 Attorney at Law
 517 E 17th Ave
 Spokane, WA, 99203-2210

 Valerie Davis Mcomie  
 Attorney at Law
 4549 Nw Aspen St
 Camas, WA, 98607-8302

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Employment Lawyers Association
 Elizabeth Hanley  
 The Hanley Law Firm, PLLC
 520 Pike St Ste 2500
 Seattle, WA, 98101-4083


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