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Docket Number: 92846-1
Title of Case: Fortgang v. Woodland Park Zoo
File Date: 01/12/2017
Oral Argument Date: 10/27/2016

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from King County Superior Court
 14-2-07283-0
 Honorable Jean A. Rietschel

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 McCloudMajority Author
Mary I. YuSigned Majority
Mary E. FairhurstSigned Majority
Charles K. WigginsSigned Majority

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Petitioner(s)
 Rob Roy Smith  
 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
 1420 5th Ave Ste 3700
 Seattle, WA, 98101-4089

 Christopher Theodore Varas  
 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
 1420 5th Ave Ste 3700
 Seattle, WA, 98101-4089

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 Paul J. Lawrence  
 Pacifica Law Group LLP
 1191 2nd Ave Ste 2000
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3404

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

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington COAlitition for Open Government (WCOG)
 Margaret Ji Yong Pak  
 Enslow Martin PLLC
 701 5th Ave Ste 4200
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7047

Amicus Curiae on behalf of SEIU Healthcare Northwest Training Partnership
 Eleanor Hamburger  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

 Ann E. Merryfield  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Wash. Public Hospital Districts
 Eleanor Hamburger  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

 Ann E. Merryfield  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Community Health Plan of Washington
 Eleanor Hamburger  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

 Ann E. Merryfield  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Coordinated Care of Washington, Inc.
 Eleanor Hamburger  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

 Ann E. Merryfield  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest & the Hawaiian Islands
 Eleanor Hamburger  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

 Ann E. Merryfield  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Hospital Association
 Eleanor Hamburger  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

 Ann E. Merryfield  
 Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger
 701 5th Ave Ste 2560
 Seattle, WA, 98104-7054

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys
 Daniel G. Lloyd  
 Vancouver City Attorney's Office
 Po Box 1995
 Vancouver, WA, 98668-1995

 Daniel Brian Heid  
 City of Auburn
 25 W Main St
 Auburn, WA, 98001-4998

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Nonprofits
 Dianne Kathleen Conway  
 Attorney at Law
 Po Box 1157
 Tacoma, WA, 98401-1157

Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Council of Nonprofits
 Dianne Kathleen Conway  
 Attorney at Law
 Po Box 1157
 Tacoma, WA, 98401-1157

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Seattle Aquarium Society
 Daniel Joseph Gunter  
 Riddell Williams PS
 1001 4th Ave Ste 4500
 Seattle, WA, 98154-1065


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