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Opinion Information Sheet

Docket Number: 102,586-6
Title of Case: Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish County v. State
File Date: 01/16/2025
Oral Argument Date: 10/29/2024

SOURCE OF APPEAL
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Appeal from Snohomish County Superior Court
Docket No: 21-2-01118-1
Judgment or order under review
Date filed: 05/13/2022
Judge signing: Honorable Janice E. Ellis

JUSTICES
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Steven C. GonzálezMajority Author
Charles W. JohnsonSigned Majority
Barbara A. MadsenSigned Majority
Susan OwensDid Not Participate
Debra L. StephensSigned Majority
Sheryl Gordon McCloudSigned Majority
Mary I. YuSigned Majority
Raquel Montoya-LewisSigned Majority
G. Helen WhitenerSigned Majority
J. Andrew ToynbeeSigned MajorityJustice Pro Tem.

COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Counsel for Petitioner(s)
 Jeffrey Paul Downer  
 Lee Smart PS Inc.
 701 Pike St. Ste. 1800
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3929

 Donna M. Young  
 Lee Smart PS Inc.
 701 Pike St. Ste. 1800
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3929

 Pedro Melesio  
 Lee Smart PS Inc.
 701 Pike St. Ste. 1800
 Seattle, WA, 98101-3929

 Daniel Rodgers Kirkpatrick  
 Kirkpatrick Symanski Parker
 6161 Ne 175th St. Ste. 203
 Kenmore, WA, 98028-4800

 Zachary B Parker  
 Kirkpatrick Symanski Parker
 6161 Ne 175th St.ste. 203
 Kenmore, WA, 98028-4800

 Noelle Christina Symanski  
 Kirkpatrick Symanski Parker
 6161 Ne 175th St.ste. 203
 Kenmore, WA, 98028-4800

 David Hitchcock Ringold  
 Kirkpatrick Symanski Parker
 6161 Ne 175th St.ste. 203
 Kenmore, WA, 98028-4800

 Kimberly Jeane Cox  
 City of Tacoma City Attorney's Office
 747 Market Street
 Room 1120
 Tacoma, WA, 98402-5629

 Thomas Edward Hudson  
 WA State Attorney General's Office
 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw
 Olympia, WA, 98504-0126

 Joshua Saul Schaer  
 WA State Attorney General's Office
 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000
 Seattle, WA, 98104-3188

Counsel for Respondent(s)
 Raymond J Dearie Jr.  
 Dearie Law Group, PS
 1000 2nd Ave. Ste. 3340
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1046

 Drew Vincent Lombardi  
 Dearie Law Group, PS
 1000 2nd Ave. Ste. 3340
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1046

 Kit William Roth  
 Goldfarb & Huck Roth Riojas, PLLC
 925 4th Ave. Ste. 3950
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1510

 Christopher Michael Huck  
 Goldfarb & Huck Roth Riojas PLLC
 925 4th Ave. Ste. 3950
 Seattle, WA, 98104

 Kimberlee L Gunning  
 Goldfarb & Huck Roth Riojas PLLC
 925 4th Ave. Ste. 3950
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1510

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Forest Protection Association
 David Owen Bechtold  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985
 Portland, OR, 97201-5823

 Gregory Andrew Hibbard  
 Northwest Resource Law PLLC
 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1465

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Land Trusts
 David Owen Bechtold  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985
 Portland, OR, 97201-5823

 Gregory Andrew Hibbard  
 Northwest Resource Law PLLC
 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1465

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Counties
 David Owen Bechtold  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985
 Portland, OR, 97201-5823

 Gregory Andrew Hibbard  
 Northwest Resource Law PLLC
 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1465

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Farm Forestry Association
 David Owen Bechtold  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985
 Portland, OR, 97201-5823

 Gregory Andrew Hibbard  
 Northwest Resource Law PLLC
 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1465

Amicus Curiae on behalf of The Conservation Fund
 David Owen Bechtold  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985
 Portland, OR, 97201-5823

 Gregory Andrew Hibbard  
 Northwest Resource Law PLLC
 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1465

Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Forest Resource Council
 David Owen Bechtold  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985
 Portland, OR, 97201-5823

 Gregory Andrew Hibbard  
 Northwest Resource Law PLLC
 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1465

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Farm Bureau Legal Foundation
 David Owen Bechtold  
 Attorney at Law
 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985
 Portland, OR, 97201-5823

 Gregory Andrew Hibbard  
 Northwest Resource Law PLLC
 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325
 Seattle, WA, 98104-1465

Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association for Justice Foundation
 Valerie Davis McOmie  
 Attorney at Law
 4549 Nw Aspen St.
 Camas, WA, 98607-8302

 Daniel Edward Huntington  
 Richter-Wimberley PS
 422 W. Riverside Ave. Ste. 1300
 Spokane, WA, 99201-0305


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