Supreme Court Docket
Supreme Court Briefs
Fall 2019

Justices of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
Justice Charles W. Johnson
Justice Barbara A. Madsen
Justice Susan Owens
Justice Debra L. Stephens
Justice Charlie Wiggins
Justice Steven C. González
Justice Sheryl McCloud
Justice Mary I. Yu

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 Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Charles Johnson     Justice Susan J. Owens
    Justice Charlie Wiggins     Justice Sheryl McCloud
   

Department Two

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst
    Justice Barbara A. Madsen     Justice Debra Stephens
    Justice Steven C. González     Justice Mary Yu

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 2019 Fall Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

September 3, 2019
October 2, 2019
November 5, 2019
December 3, 2019

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

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
96775-0 (C/A 76802-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
NAZIYR YISHMAEL,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Dan T. Satterberg
  Jennifer Paige Joseph
  Jennifer H.S. Atchison
Travis Stearns
96183-2 (Grant 18-1-00030-3)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
JOEL A. VILLELA,
         Respondent.
 Hon. Garth L. Dano
  Kevin James McCrae
  Katharine W. Mathews
Lila Jane Silverstein

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

201,879-3
In re:

D.R.C., Attorney at Law.
Scott G. Busby (WSBA)

Brian Lee Johnson

1:30 P.M.

97195-1 (Pierce 18-2-08733-9)
Notice of Appeal 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
TAYLOR BLACK, et al.,
          Appellants,
    v.
CENTRAL PUGET SOUND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY and STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondents.
 Joel Bernard Ard
Matthew C. Albrecht
  David Knox Dewolf
Desmond Leoron Brown
  Mattelyn Laurel Tharpe
  Natalie Anne Moore
Paul J. Lawrence
  Matthew J. Segal
  Jessica Anne Skelton
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Dionne Padilla-Huddleston

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
96694-0 (C/A 49979-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
FIRST STUDENT, INC.,
          Petitioner,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE,
          Respondent.
 Brett S. Durbin


Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Cameron Gordon Comfort
  Jessica E. Fogel
96709-1 (C/A 49792-1-II)
Petition for Review and Cross-Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
CRISTIAN DELBOSQUE,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Michael K. Dorcy
  Timothy J. Higgs

Gregory Charles Link

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

1:30 P.M.

96360-6 (King 18-2-02238-0 SEA)
Notice of Appeal 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Chief Justice Fairhurst recused
Lawrence-Berrey, J.P.T
KING COUNTY,
          Appellant,
    v.
KING COUNTY WATER DISTRICTS Nos. 20, 45, 49, 90, 111, 119, 125, et al.,
          Respondents,

    and
AMES LAKE WATER ASSOCIATION, DOCKTON WATER ASSOCIATION, FOOTHILLS WATER ASSOCIATION, SALLAL WATER ASSOCIATION, TANNER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, and UNION HILL WATER ASSOCIATION,
          Respondents-Intervenors.

 Hon. Dan T. Satterberg
  Thomas Mackenzie Brown
  David J. Hackett
Matthew J. Segal
  Jessica Anne Skelton
  Kymberly Kathryn Evanson

Richard E. Jonson
David Florian Jurca
Eric Clayton Frimodt
  John William Milne
Hugh Davidson Spitzer
Philip Albert Talmadge

96952-3 (C/A 46963-4-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Chief Justice Fairhurst recused
Lawrence-Berrey, J.P.T
ROLFE GODFREY, individually,
          Respondents,
    v.
STE. MICHELLE WINE ESTATES LTD, dba CHATEAU STE. MICHELLE, a Washington corporation; and SAINT-GOBAIN CONTAINERS, INC.,
          Petitioners,
    and
ROBERT KORNFELD,
          Additional Respondent.

 Howard Mark Goodfriend
  Ian Christopher Cairns
Robert B. Kornfeld

Emily J. Harris
  Kelly H. Sheridan
Michael Barr King
  Gregory Mann Miller


1:30 P.M.

                                                                          2ND CASE FOR 9/17/2019 WAS STRICKEN -
                                                                3RD CASE HAS BEEN MOVED TO 2ND CASE TIME SLOT

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
96726-1 (C/A 50376-0-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Chief Justice Fairhurst recused
Maxa, J.P.T
LESLIE W. and HARLENE E. ROBBINS, husband and wife,
          Respondents,
    v.
MASON COUNTY TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY; and RETITLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
          Petitioners. 		Matthew Bryan Edwards


Stephen Talcott Whitehouse
96943-4 (C/A 35369-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Chief Justice Fairhurst recused
Maxa, J.P.T
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
DAVID EMERSON NICKELS,
          Respondent.

 Pamela Beth Loginsky


Jacqueline Kay Walsh
  Mark A. Larranaga

1:30 P.M.

96931-1 (C18-1173RSL and C18-1254RSL)
Certified Federal Court 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Chief Justice Fairhurst recused
Maxa, J.P.T
KRISTA PEOPLES,
          Plaintiff,
    v.
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION and USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY,
          Defendants.
____________________________________________

JOEL STEDMAN and KAREN JOYCE,
          Plaintiffs,
    v.
PROGRESSIVE DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY,
          Defendant.





 Brendan Wesley Donckers
  David Elliot Breskin
Young-Ji Ham
Jay Williams
  David C. Scott
Michael A. Moore
  John Taylor Bender

Duncan Calvert Turner
  Daniel Andrew Rogers
Randall C. Johnson Jr.
Daniel R. Whitmore
Casie Collignon
  Justin Winquist
  Paul G. Karlsgodt
James Raymond Morrison
Philip Albert Talmadge

9:00 A.M. BELLINGHAM OCTOBER 10, 2019
96663-0 (C/A 76806-9-I)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
KEITH ADAIR DAVIS,
         Respondent.
 Hon. Dan Satterberg
  James Morrissey Whisman
  Ann Marie Summers
  Raul Robert Martinez
Dana M. Nelson
  Eric J. Nielsen
96132-8 (King 17-2-29832-8 SEA)
Notice of Appeal 		25 MINUTES PER SIDE
MATT WOODS,
          Appellant,
    v.
SEATTLE'S UNION GOSPEL MISSION, a Washington nonprofit,
          Respondent.
 Jennifer Denise Diskin
  Sara B. Amies
Andrew J.D. Kashyap
Nathaniel Lee Taylor
  Abigail Jane St. Hilaire

1:30 P.M.

96830-6 (C/A 49612-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JESSICA WRIGLEY, individually, and as Personal Representative for the Estate of A.C.A., Deceased, and O.K.P., a minor child, and I.T.W., a minor child, by and through their biological mother, JESSICA WRIGLEY,
          Respondents,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON; DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVICES; DONALD WATSON & "JANE DOE" WATSON, husband and wife, individually and the marital community thereof; ALESSANDRO LAROSA & "JOHN DOE" LAROSA, husband and wife, individually and the marital community thereof; RACHEL WHITNEY & "JOHN DOE" WHITNEY, husband and wife, individually and the marital community thereof; JENNIFER GORDER & "JOHN DOE" GORDER, husband and wife, individually and the marital community thereof; "JOHN DOE" Social Worker & "JANE DOE" Social Worker, husband and wife individually and the marital community thereof, 1 through 5,
          Petitioners.
 Gary Alan Preble




Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Allison Margaret Croft
  Allyson Zipp
  Elizabeth A Baker

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 22, 2019
96604-4 (C/A 49768-9-II consol. w/ 50188-1-II)
Petitions for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,
          Respondent
____________________________________________

GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION,
          Petitioner,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Callie Anne Castillo
  Garth Ahearn
Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr.
  Aaron Edward Millstein
  Daniel-Charles Van D Wolf

Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr.
  Aaron Edward Millstein
  Daniel-Charles Van D Wolf
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Callie Anne Castillo
  Garth Ahearn
96853-5 (C/A 34918-7-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
FIRESIDE BANK fka FIRESIDE THRIFT CO., a California corporation,
         
Respondent,
    v.
JOHN W. ASKINS and LISA D. ASKINS, husband and wife and their marital community comprised thereof,
          Petitioners.
 Stephen Charles Willey
  Brandi Buehn Balanda
Karen L. Hammer
  Patrick James Layman
Scott Kinkley

1:30 P.M.
96777-6 (C/A 75924-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted
GRANTED ON THE ISSUE OF DURESS ONLY 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
JOHN ALAN WHITAKER,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Adam Cornell
  Mary Kathleen Webber

Neil Martin Fox

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 24, 2019
TWO CASES ONLY
97071-8 (C/A 35966-2-III)
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,

          Respondent,

    v.
STEVENS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE,

          Petitioner.
 Hon. Tim Rasmussen
  Will Morgan Ferguson



Gerald John Moberg
  James Edyrn Baker
96267-7 (Yakima 16-2-03417-8)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JOSE MARTINEZ-CUEVAS and PATRICIA AGUILAR, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situation,
          Petitioners,
    v.
DERUYTER BROTHERS DAIRY, INC., GENEVA S. DERUYTER and JACOBUS N. DERUYTER,
         Respondents,
    and
WASHINGTON STATE DAIRY FEDERATION and WASHINGTON FARM BUREAU,
         Intervenors.
 Lori Jordan Isley
Joachim Morrison
Marc Cote
  Anne Elizabeth Silver
Andrea L. Schmitt
John Ray Nelson

Timothy J. O'Connell
  Anne Marie Dorshimer
Ryan Robert Jones

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA OCTOBER 29, 2019
96990-6 (C/A 51823-6-II)
Petition for Review Granted
 30 MINUTES PER SIDE
RYAN ROCHA,
          Plaintiff,
NICOLE BEDNARCZYK, and CATHERINE SELIN,
individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
          Petitioners,
    v.
KING COUNTY, a municipal corporation,
          Respondent.

Toby James Marshall
Jeffrey Lowell Needle


Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Karen Astrid Pool Norby
  Janine Elizabeth Joly
  Heidi Joanne Jacobsen-Watts
  David J. Hackett
96884-5 (C/A 35304-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
DAVID JOSEPH BROWN,
          Respondent.
 Hon. Andrew Kelvin Miller
  Andrew James Clark

Randall L Jameson Jr.

1:30 P.M.
95937-4 (Skagit 16-2-00718-2)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
EDWARD KILDUFF,
          Appellant,
    v.
SAN JUAN COUNTY, a political subdivision of the
State of Washington, and JAMIE STEPHENS, in his
capacity as San Juan County Council Member and San
Juan County Public Records Officer,
          Respondents.
 Nicholas Power
Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard

Jeffrey Scott Myers
Hon. Randall Keenan Gaylord
  Jonathan West Cain
Philip James Buri

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 12, 2019
96464-5 (Pierce 18-2-09196-4)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
SANDRA EHRHART, individually and as personal
representative of the Estate of Brian Ehrhart,
          Respondent,
    v.

KING COUNTY, operating through its health department,
Public Health - Seattle and King County;
          Petitioner,

SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES, non-profit entity; and
JUSTIN WARREN REIF, an individual,
          Defendants.
 Richard Howard Adler
  Melissa D. Carter
  Adam Rosenberg
Daniel Andrew Brown
  Kathleen Goodman
Theron A. Buck
  Evan Bariault
Matthew J. Segal
  Paul J. Lawrence
  Kymberly Kathryn Evanson
  Athanasios P. Papailiou
Elizabeth Ann Leedom
  Lauren Michelle Martin
Todd Wesley Reichert
  Christopher Holmes Anderson
Joseph Vickers Gardner
96766-1 (Thurston 17-2-01968-0)
Notice for Discretionary Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
COLLEEN DAVISON, legal guardian for K.B., a minor
on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated and
GARY MURRELL,
          Respondents,
    v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON and WASHINGTON
STATE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE,
          Petitioners.
 Mathew Lane Harrington
  Theresa Hsin-Yi Wang
  Lance Alan Pelletier
Emily Chiang
  Nancy Lynn Talner
  Breanne Schuster
Jaime Michelle Hawk
  John Ballif Midgley
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Jeffrey Todd Even
  Eric Andrew Mentzer

1:30 P.M.
96821-7 (Franklin 18-2-50285-6)
Notice of Appeal
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
THE JUDGES OF THE BENTON AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES SUPERIOR COURT: JUDGE JOE
BURROWES, JUDGE ALEX EKSTROM, JUDGE
CAMERON MITCHELL, JUDGE CARRIE RUNGE,
JUDGE JACQUELINE SHEA-BROWN, JUDGE
BRUCE SPANNER AND JUDGE SAM SWANBERG,
          Respondents,
    v.

MICHAEL J. KILLIAN, FRANKLIN COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT AND CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR
COURT,
          Appellants.

 William Dale Kamerrer








Pamela Beth Loginsky
Hon. Shawn P. Sant

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 14, 2019
TWO CASES ONLY
96669-9 (C/A 36103-9-III)
Discretionary Review Granted
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
LOGAN MAGNEY, a minor; CALEB MAGNEY, a
minor; BRIAN MAGNEY and EMILY MAGNEY,
          Petitioners,
    v.

TRUC PHAM, M.D., AYUMI I. CORN, M.D., LIQUN
YIN, M.D., and INCYTE DIAGNOSTICS, a Washington
corporation,
          Respondents.
 George M. Ahrend
Mark Douglas Kamitomo
  Collin Michael Harper


Scott Matthew O'Halloran
  Amanda Kathleen Thorsvig
Jeffrey R. Galloway
  Stephen Maurice Lamberson
97532-9 (Yakima 15-2-01109-9)
Notice of Appeal 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION, a
Washington labor organization, on behalf of its members,
          Respondent/Cross Appellant,
    v.
YAKIMA HMA LLC, d/b/a YAKIMA REGIONAL
MEDICAL AND CARDIAC CENTER, Appellant/Cross
          Respondent.
 Jennifer L Robbins
  Laura Elizabeth Ewan


Paula Lee Lehmann
  Mary Rachel Sanden

1:30 P.M.
96980-9 (16-36018 SSI)
Certified Federal Court
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
PHONSAVANH PHONGMANIVAN,
          Petitioner,
    v.
RON HAYNES, SCCC, Superintendent,
          Respondent.
 Ann Kateri Wagner

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Alex A. Kostin
  Mandy Lynn Rose

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA NOVEMBER 19, 2019
97150-1 (C/A 50299-2-II)
Petition for Review Granted
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
KENNETH CHANCE BROOKS,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Ryan Jurvakainen
  Eric H. Bentson

Kevin Hochhalter
97148-0 (C/A 35428-8-III)
Petition for Review Granted 		20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
    v.
JAMIE LYNNE HUGDAHL,
          Petitioner.
 Hon. Gregory Lee Zempel


Eric J. Nielsen
  Christopher Gibson

1:30 P.M.
97183-8 (C/A 50415-4-II)
Petition for Review Granted
 20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
    v.
ROBERT DESHAWN GROTT,
          Respondent.

 Hon. Mary Robnett
  Jesse Williams
  Kristie Barham
  Theodore Michael Cropley
Lise Ellner
 

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