Docket No. 78603-8  Facts: The Seattle Times Company submitted a public records request pursuant to the Public Records Act (Washington Revised Code §42.56) to the respondent Bellevue School District #405 seeking copies of all records relating to allegations of sexual misconduct by teachers made in the last ten years. Continue reading →

Docket No. 78462-1  Facts: After beginning construction of a dry storage marina facility on coastal property pursuant to building permits issued by Skagit County, respondent Twin Bridge Marine Park, L.L.C. was ordered by the petitioner Department of Ecology to stop work and obtain a substantial development shoreline permit. Continue reading →

Docket No. 76954-1  Facts: After the respondent city of Seattle enacted Seattle Municipal Code §21.36.030, which prohibits solid waste collection companies other than those contracted by the city from performing construction, demolition, and land clearing waste collection services, petitioner Josef Ventenbergs filed suit against the city in the Superior Court for King County, asserting that the ordinance violates the privileges and immunities clause of Article I §12 of the Washington State Constitution Continue reading →

Docket No. 78355-1  Facts:  Petitioner Gordon Bergstrom was convicted of first degree unlawful possession of a firearm in the Superior Court for King County.  At a subsequent sentencing hearing to determine whether Bergstrom should be placed on electronic home monitoring, Bergstrom argued pro se that the state of Washington had miscalculated his offender score insofar as some of his prior convictions arose from the same criminal conduct.  After Bergstrom’s motion for a continuance to present evidence that his convictions arose from the same criminal conduct was denied, the trial court proceeded to sentence Bergstrom.  Upon appeal, the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed Bergstrom’s conviction but remanded the case to the trial court for resentencing and ordered that each party be allowed to present additional evidence regarding whether Bergstrom’s prior convictions arose from the same criminal conduct. Continue reading →