Washington Supreme Court, 2012

111 opinions

The State of Washington, Respondent, v. James L. Griffin, Petitioner 2012-01-05
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Michael Tyrone Gresham, Petitioner; The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Roger Alan Scherner, Petitioner 2012-01-05
Mathew McCleary et al., Respondents, v. The State of Washington, Appellant 2012-01-05
Donia Townsend et al., Petitioners, v. The Quadrant Corporation et al., Respondents 2012-01-05
Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, Respondent, v. The Department of Revenue, Petitioner 2012-01-12
ZDI Gaming, Inc., Respondent, v. The Washington State Gambling Commission, Petitioner 2012-01-12
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. John Robert Hurst, Petitioner 2012-01-26
The City of Tacoma, Appellant, v. The City of Bonney Lake, Defendant, The City of Fircrest et al., Respondents 2012-01-26
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Jose Matilde Morales, Petitioner 2012-01-26
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of James Eastmond, Petitioner 2012-02-02
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Lester Ray Jim, Respondent 2012-02-09
Olga Matsyuk, Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated, Petitioner, v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Respondent; Karen Weismann, Petitioner, v. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, Respondent 2012-02-09
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Kenneth Richard Budik, Petitioner 2012-02-16
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Corey Jerome Irish, Respondent 2012-02-16
Bonnie Anthis, Individually and as Personal Representative, Respondent, v. Walter William Copland, Appellant 2012-02-16
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Brenda J. Zillyette, Petitioner 2012-02-16
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Richard Charles Tracer, Petitioner 2012-02-16
James R. Cary et al., Petitioners, v. Mason County et al., Respondents 2012-02-16
Snohomish County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation, Petitioner, v. FirstGroup America, Inc., Respondent 2012-02-23
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Harry N. Carrier, Petitioner 2012-02-23
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Roosevelt Rafelo Johnson, Jr., Appellant 2012-02-23
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Bobby Ray Thompson, Respondent 2012-02-23
William H. Kiely et al., Respondents, v. Kenneth W. Graves et al., as Trustees, and All Persons or Parties Unknown Claiming Any Right, Title, Estate, Lien, or Interest in the Real Estate Described in the Complaint, Appellants 2012-03-01
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Joshua Dean Scott, Respondent 2012-03-01
In the Matter of the Dependency of M.S.R. et al. The Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent, v. Nyakat Luak, Appellant 2012-03-01
Scott E. Stafne, Respondent, v. Snohomish County et al., Petitioners 2012-03-08
Mukilteo Citizens for Simple Government, Appellant, v. The City of Mukilteo et al., Respondents 2012-03-08
Patrick A. Williams et al., Petitioners, v. Fesseha K. Tilaye et al., Respondents 2012-03-08
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Aaron Michael Hahn, Respondent 2012-03-15
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Douglas Scott Jasper, Petitioner; The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Laki Moimoi, Petitioner; The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Cesar Valadez Cienfuegos, Respondent 2012-03-15
Dana Clausen, Respondent, v. Icicle Seafoods, Inc., Appellant 2012-03-15
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Michael J. Rowland, Petitioner 2012-03-22
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Daniel Alfred Posey, Jr., Petitioner 2012-03-22
Elcon Construction, Inc., Petitioner, v. Eastern Washington University, Respondent 2012-03-29
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Daniel Gerald Snapp, Petitioner; The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Roger Sinclair Wright, Petitioner 2012-04-05
In the Matter of the Estate of Audrey P. Blessing 2012-04-05
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Michael Edward Caton, Petitioner 2012-04-05
Ronald Teter et al., Petitioners, v. Andrew Deck, Respondent 2012-04-05
Michael W. Gendler, Respondent, v. John R. Batiste, as Chief of the Washington State Patrol, Petitioner 2012-04-12
The City of Auburn, Petitioner, v. Dustin B. Gauntt, Respondent 2012-04-19
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Brian Leroy Siers, Respondent 2012-04-19
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Mansour Heidari, Respondent 2012-04-19
Business Services of America II, Inc., Respondent, v. WaferTech, LLC, Petitioner 2012-04-19
Certification From the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Jared Peck, Plaintiff, James Bowden, Appellant, v. AT&T Mobility et al., Appellees 2012-04-26
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Patrick Jimi Lyons, Petitioner 2012-04-26
Certification From the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Chad Minnick et al., Appellants, v. Clearwire US LLC et al., Appellees 2012-05-03
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. David W. McCuistion, Petitioner 2012-05-03
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Yussuf Hussein Abdulle, Respondent 2012-05-03
The Estate of Ashlie Bunch, by and through its Personal Representative, et al., Plaintiffs, v. McGraw Residential Center, Respondent, Amy Kozel, Petitioner 2012-05-03
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Joshua Elias Boyd, Petitioner 2012-05-03
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Darold Ray Stenson, Petitioner 2012-05-10
Vision One, LLC, et al., Petitioners, v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company et al., Respondents 2012-05-17
Max B. Sprague et al., Respondents, v. Safeco Insurance Company of America, Petitioner 2012-05-17
Christa L. Albice, et al., Respondents, v. Premier Mortgage Services of Washington, Inc., et al., Defendants, Ron Dickinson et al., Petitioners 2012-05-24
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Eric Sheridan Flint, Petitioner 2012-05-24
Certification From the United States District Court, District of Oregon, Portland, Division in Broughton Lumber Company, Plaintiff, v. BNSF Railway Company et al., Defendants 2012-05-31
Certification From the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington in Jason Jongeward et al., Individually and as Trustees, Plaintiffs, v. BNSF Railway Company, Defendant 2012-05-31
Washington Association for Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention et al., Appellants, v. The State of Washington et al., Respondents 2012-05-31
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Enrique Guzman Nuñez, Petitioner; The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. George W. Ryan, Respondent 2012-06-07
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Theodore M. Kosewicz, Petitioner; The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Robert A. Brown, Petitioner 2012-06-07
Timothy L. Jackowski et al., Respondents, v. David Borchelt et al., Petitioners, Himlie Realty, Inc., et al., Respondents 2012-06-14
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Anthony Marquise Emery, Jr., Petitioner; The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Aaron Edward Olson, Petitioner 2012-06-14
Leasa Lowy, Respondent, v. PeaceHealth, et al., Petitioners 2012-06-21
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Joseph Thomas McEnroe, Petitioner 2012-06-28
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Jennifer Leigh Rice, Petitioner 2012-06-28
In the Matter of the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Thomas F. McGrath, an Attorney at Law 2012-07-12
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. William Adam Gray, Petitioner 2012-07-19
Randy Anfinson et al., Respondents, v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., Petitioner 2012-07-19
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Hoyt W. Crace, Respondent 2012-07-19
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Leysa Lynn Sweany, Petitioner; The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Leah Lynn Sweany, Petitioner 2012-07-19
In the Matter of the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Paul E. Simmerly, an Attorney at Law 2012-08-02
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Jamar Billy Deshawn Meneese, Petitioner 2012-08-02
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Douglas Craig Rose, Petitioner 2012-08-09
In the Matter of the Petition for the Recall of David Ward, Commissioner of Jefferson County Fire Protection District No. 2, Respondent. In the Matter of the Petition for the Recall of Michael Whittaker, Commissioner of Jefferson County Fire Protection District No. 2, Respondent 2012-08-09
Rogelio H.A. Ruvalcaba et al., Respondents, v. Kwang Ho Baek et al., Petitioners, William V. Kitchin et al., Respondents 2012-08-09
Leo Macias et al., Petitioners, v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc., et al., Respondents 2012-08-09
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Kenneth Eugene Lamb, Petitioner 2012-08-16
Certification From the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Kristin Bain, Plaintiff, v. Metropolitan Mortgage Group, Inc., et al., Defendants; and in Kevin Selkowitz, Plaintiff, v. Litton Loan Servicing, LP, et al., Defendants 2012-08-16
James Gorman IV, as General Partner, Respondent, v. The City of Woodinville, Petitioner 2012-08-16
In the Matter of the Marriage of Lynette Katare, Respondent, and Brajesh Katare, Petitioner 2012-08-16
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Jorge Ariel Saenz, Petitioner 2012-08-23
In the Matter of the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Bakary Fansu Conteh, an Attorney at Law 2012-08-23
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Richard J. Dyer, Petitioner 2012-08-23
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Ronnie Jackson, Jr., Petitioner. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Salvador Rivera, Petitioner 2012-08-23
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Tyler William Gassman, Defendant, David Partovi, Respondent 2012-08-23
Automotive United Trades Organization, Appellant, v. The State of Washington et al., Respondents 2012-08-30
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Charles Walter Weber, Petitioner 2012-09-06
Debra Loeffelholz, Respondent, v. The University of Washington et al., Petitioners 2012-09-13
Gavin J. Cregan, Respondent, v. Fourth Memorial Church, Petitioner 2012-09-13
Franklin County Sheriffs Office et al., Respondents, v. Allan Parmelee, Petitioner 2012-09-20
Doug Fellows, as Personal Representative, Petitioner, v. Daniel J. Moynihan et al., Respondents 2012-09-20
Jeffery W. Niccum, Respondent, v. Ryan L. Enquist, Petitioner 2012-09-20
Louis Alexander Diaz et al., Petitioners, v. The State of Washington et al., Defendants, Medical Center Laboratory, Inc., PS, et al., Respondents 2012-09-20
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Cecil Emile Davis, Appellant 2012-09-20
David Koenig, Respondent, v. Thurston County et al., Petitioners 2012-09-27
In the Matter of the Detention of Kevin Coe 2012-09-27
Certification From the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Jose Guadalupe Perez-Farias et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Global Horizons, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees 2012-09-27
Automotive United Trades Organization et al., Appellants, v. The State of Washington et al., Respondents 2012-10-04
Angela Erdman, Respondent, v. Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church et al., Petitioners 2012-10-04
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Phiengchai Sisouvanh, Appellant 2012-10-18
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Edward Michael Glasmann, Petitioner 2012-10-18
In the Matter of the Estate of Sharon M. Bracken. Carol B. Clemency et al., as Personal Representatives, Appellants, v. The Department of Revenue, Respondent. In the Matter of the Estate of Barbara J. Nelson. William C. Nelson et al., as Personal Representatives, Appellants, v. The Department of Revenue, Respondent. In the Matter of the Estate of John T. Toland. Nancy Toland Richards et al., as Personal Representatives, Appellants, v. The Department of Revenue, Respondent 2012-10-18
Michael Annechino et al., Petitioners, v. Michael C. Worthy et al., Respondents 2012-10-18
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Darrin L. Louthan, Petitioner 2012-10-25
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Lindy Deer, Respondent 2012-10-25
Washington State Nurses Association et al., Petitioners, v. Sacred Heart Medical Center, Respondent 2012-10-25
In the Matter of the Bond Issuance of the Greater Wenatchee Regional Events Center Public Facilities District 2012-10-25
James A. Bird, Respondent, v. Best Plumbing Group, LLC, Respondent, Contractors Bonding Insurance Company Bond No. SF3262, Defendant, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Petitioner; Allstate Insurance Company, as Subrogee, Plaintiff, v. Best Plumbing and Heating, Inc., Respondent, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Petitioner 2012-10-25
Gaye Diana Munich, as Personal Representative, Respondent, v. Skagit Emergency Communications Center et al., Petitioners 2012-11-01
The State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Monte W. Hunley, Respondent 2012-11-01
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Merle William Harvey, Petitioner 2012-11-08