Supreme Court Docket

Fall 2017

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 Richard Neidhardt
Administrator for the Courts Callie Dietz
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 2017 Fall Session are scheduled, subject to change, for:

September 5, 2017
October 3, 2017
November 7, 2017
December 5, 2017

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.

Oral Argument Dates


9:00 A.M. Olympia September 12, 2017
TWO CASES ONLY
94209-9 (2:15-CV-00183-JLQ)
Certified Federal Court
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JIN ZHU,
          Plaintiff,
     v.
NORTH CENTRAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT - ESD 171,
          Defendant.
Matthew Zachary Crotty
Michael Bradley Love
Andrew Sean Biviano
Gerald John Moberg
  James Edyrn Baker
94020-7 (C/A 75168-9-I)
Petition for Review Granted
"MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD WITH ISRB HEARING AND DECISION" - PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
JAI'MAR SCOTT,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Ann Marie Summers

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis
Robert S. Chang
  Melissa R. Lee


9:00 A.M. Olympia September 14, 2017
93786-9 (King 15-2-01252-5 SEA)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
ANDREW PILLOUD,
          Appellant,
     v.
KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE; LORI SOTELO, COUNTY CHAIRMAN, KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
          Respondents.
Andrew Pilloud


John James White, Jr.
  Kevin Blair Hansen
  Rebecca Lauren Penn
93977-2 (C/A 33889-4-III)
Petition for Review Granted
25 MINUTES PER SIDE
MICHELE L. ANDERSON, a single person, individually and as the Administrator of the ESTATE OF SHEILA M. ROSENBERG,
         Petitioner,
     v.
SOAP LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, and CORPORAL ALLAN SLEEPER, and JOHN DOE(S),
         Respondents.
Douglas Dwight Phelps
  Katharine Allison
  Amber Fae Henry

Michael Early McFarland, Jr.


1:30 P.M.

94229-3 (2:16-CV-00054-SMJ)
Certified Federal Court
"MOTION TO STRIKE PORTION OF DOVEX FRUIT COMPANY'S ANSWER TO AMICI BRIEFS" - PASSED TO THE MERITS
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
MARIANO CARRANZA and ELISEO MARTINEZ, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
          Plaintiffs,
     v.
DOVEX FRUIT COMPANY,
          Defendant.
Marc Cote
Toby James Marshall


Clay M. Gatens
  Sally Francis White
Devon Amy Gray


9:00 A.M. Olympia September 26, 2017
94084-3 (C/A 47861-7-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
POPE RESOURCES LP, a Delaware limited partnership; OPG PROPERTIES, LLC, a Washington limited liability company,
          Respondents,
     v.
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, a Washington state agency,
         Petitioner.
David Joseph Ubaldi
  Robert Edward Miller
  Nick Steven Verwolf

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Edward David Callow
93845-8 (C/A 47444-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
LIMITED TO THE LAWFULNESS OF THE PROPERTY SEARCH
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
         Respondent,
     v.
CURTIS LAMONT CORNWELL,
         Petitioner.
Hon. Mark Lindquist
  Jason Ruyf

Stephanie C. Cunningham


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

201,673-1 (WSBA #22310)
 
In re:

Pamela Ann Paudler, Attorney at Law.
Kathy Jo Blake (WSBA)

Elizabeth Ann Turner


1:30 P.M.

94054-1 (C/A 33427-9-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
JUSTIN DEAN VANHOLLEBEKE,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Randy J. Flyckt
  Felicity Chamberlain
  Gretchen Eileen Verhoef
Andrea Burkhart


9:00 A.M. Olympia September 28, 2017
TWO CASES ONLY
94118-1 (C/A 34022-8-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
INLAND EMPIRE DRY WALL SUPPLY CO., a Washington corporation,
          Respondent,
     v.
WESTERN SURETY COMPANY (Bond No. 58717161),
          Petitioner.
John Charles Black
  Susan C. Nelson
  Richard Todd Wetmore
Timothy Gary Klashke
94203-0 (C/A 74354-6-I consol. w/ 74355-4-I)
Petitions for Review Granted
ISSUES LIMITED TO (1) WHETHER RESPONDENTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO USE PSEUDONYMS AND (2) WHETHER UNREDACTED SSOSA EVALUATIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
JOHN DOE G. JOHN DOE I AND JOHN DOE J, as individuals and on behalf of others similarly situated,
          Respondents,
     v.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Petitioner,
     v.
DONNA ZINK, a married woman,
          Petitioner.
Benjamin Blystad Gould
Prachi Vipinchandra Dave


Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Timothy John Feulner
  Haley Christine Beach

Donna Zink


9:00 A.M. Olympia October 17, 2017
TWO CASES ONLY
94087-8 (C/A 33615-8-III)
Petitions for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
HARLAN D. DOUGLASS and MAXINE H. DOUGLASS, husband and wife,
          Respondents,
     v.
SHAMROCK PAVING, INC., a Washington corporation,
          Petitioner.
Steven John Hassing
Joseph Paul Delay

James McPhee
  John T. Drake


94320-6 (C/A 72926-8-I)
Petition for Review Granted

20 MINUTES PER SIDE
JAMES BEARDEN,
         Petitioner,
     v.
DOLPHUS MCGILL, and NELLI KNOX MCGILL, husband and wife, and the marital community composed thereof,
          Respondents.
Kathleen Garvin
Corrie Johnson Yackulic
Carla Tachau Lawrence
Marilee C. Erickson
  Suzanna Shaub
Alice Brown


9:00 A.M. Olympia October 19, 2017
94293-5 (C/A 48267-3-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE,
         Petitioner,
     v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY; and STATE OF WASHINGTON POLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS BOARD,
          Respondents.
Richard Adam Smith
  Claire Elizabeth Tonry

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Dionne Padilla-Huddleston
  Phyllis Jean Barney
  Anne Elizabeth Egeler
94329-0 (C/A 33810-0-III)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
CHARLES DAVID FLETCHER,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Larry Haskell
  James Henry Kaufman

Jodi R. Backlund
  Manek R. Mistry


1:30 P.M.

93759-1 (Thurston 15-2-02116-5)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
CYNTHIA STEWART,
          Appellant,
     v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT,
          Respondent.
Joseph Robert Shaeffer
  Tiffany Mae Cartwright

Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Rebecca R. Glasgow
  Dionne Padilla-Huddleston
Suzanne Kelly Michael
  Kathleen Ann Kline


10:00 A.M. Olympia October 24, 2017
ONE CASE ONLY
84362-7 (King 07-2-02323-2 SEA)
Notice of Appeal
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
MATHEW & STEPHANIE MCCLEARY, et al.,
          Respondents/Cross-Appellants,
     v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Appellant/Cross-Respondent.
Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne
  Christopher Glenn Emch
  Adrian Urquhart Winder
  Spencer Wade Coates
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  David Alan Stolier
  Alan D. Copsey


9:00 A.M. Olympia October 31, 2017
94185-8 (C/A 48011-5-II)
Discretionary Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re Personal Restraint Petition of

TODD DALE PHELPS,

          Petitioner.
Hon. Jonathan Meyer
 Sara I. Beigh

Suzanne Lee Elliott
94439-3 (C/A 48187-1-II)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
ERIK GRANT PETTERSON,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Bob Ferguson
  Mandy Lynn Rose
  Cassie B. vanRoojen
Thomas E. Weaver, Jr.


9:00 A.M. UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND November 14, 2017
94162-9 (2:14-cv-00421-BJR)
Certified Federal Court
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
KENNETH WRIGHT, on his own behalf and on behalf of other similarly situated persons,
          Plaintiff,
     v.
LYFT, INC., a Delaware Corporation,
          Defendant.
Donald W. Heyrich
  Jason Andrew Rittereiser
Peter D. Stutheit
Kenneth Wendell Masters
Bradley S. Keller
  Keith David Petrak
  Nicholas Robert Ryan-Lang
Archis A. Parasharami
  Matthew A. Waring
  Andrew J. Pincus
94346-0 (C/A 74422-4-I)
Petition for Review Granted
ISSUES LIMITED TO (1) THE SEXUAL MOTIVATION AGGRAVATING FACTOR AND (2) THE VAGUENESS CHALLENGE TO THE "RAPID RECIDIVISM" AGGRAVATING FACTOR
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
Johnson recused /Lawrence-Berrey, J.P.T.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
MICHAEL DAVID MURRAY,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Dan Satterberg
  Kristin Ann Relyea

Nancy P. Collins
  Gregory Charles Link
  Richard Wayne Lechich


1:30 P.M.

94273-1 (C/A 76038-6-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
HOLLIS BLOCKMAN,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Mark Lindquist
  James S. Schacht

Stephanie C. Cunningham


9:00 A.M. Olympia November 16, 2017
201,671-5
Bar Applicant
30 MINUTES PER SIDE
In re:

Tarra Denelle Simmons,

Bar Applicant
John Avrom Strait
Shon Hopwood

Kevin M. Bank
Catherine Ann Biestek
94418-1 (C/A 74333-3-I)
Petition for Review Granted
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
          Respondent,
     v.
OSCAR RAUL LOPEZ,
          Petitioner.
Hon. Dan Satterberg
  James Morrissey Whisman

George Paul Trejo, Jr.
Rick Hernandez


1:30 P.M.

94026-6 (King 16-2-03536-1 SEA)
Notice of Appeal
20 MINUTES PER SIDE
LYFT, INC., a Delaware corporation,
          Respondent,
     v.
CITY OF SEATTLE, a Washington municipality,
          Appellant,
     and
JEFF KIRK, an individual,
          Defendant,

RASIER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
          Respondent,
     v.
CITY OF SEATTLE,
          Appellant,
     and
JEFF KIRK, an individual,
          Defendant.
Judith A. Endejan
  Miriam Korngold
Danny David
Hon. Pete Holmes
 Michael K Ryan
 Sara O'Connor-Kriss
Matthew J. Segal
 Kymberly Kathryn Evanson

Heidi Brooks Bradley
Katie Denise Fairchild
Ryan P. McBride
 

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