Docket No. 82961-6 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 36294-5)  Facts: The petitioner School Districts’ Alliance for Adequate Funding of Special Education filed suit against the respondent state of Washington in the Superior Court for Thurston County seeking a declaratory judgment that the state’s procedures for funding special education violate the state’s duty Continue reading →

Docket No. 83172-6 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61118-6)  Facts: Petitioner Andre Meneses was convicted of telephone harassment and witness intimidation in the Superior Court for King County after making a series of threatening telephone calls to his former girlfriend. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82264-6 (from King Case No. 07-2-10209-4 SEA)  Facts:  Petitioner Julie Anderson filed suit against her former employer, respondent Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., in the Superior Court for King County, claiming that her exposure to toxic solvents while mixing paint in the course of her employment was the cause of her son’s birth defects and that she was subsequently wrongfully discharged in violation of public policy after she filed a formal complaint reporting safety concerns to the Department of Labor and Industries. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83277-3 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 61679-0)  Facts: Petitioner Matthew Jacob was charged with driving under the influence in the Seattle Municipal Court. After misconduct in the Washington State Toxicology Laboratory that led to the certification of inaccurate breathalyzer devices came to light, the municipal court ordered the results of Jacob’s breathalyzer test suppressed. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82491-6 (from Kitsap Case No. 08-1-00972-4)   Facts: Petitioner James Eserjose was convicted of second degree burglary in the Superior Court for Kitsap County after confessing to police officers following his arrest.  Eserjose subsequently appealed his conviction directly to the Supreme Court of Washington, asserting that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress the confession insofar as the arrest that preceded it was unlawful given that it was effected by a warrantless and non-consensual entry into his home not necessitated by exigent circumstances. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82175-5  Facts: Prior to petitioner Valentin Sandoval’s release from prison after serving a sentence for third degree rape, United States Customs and Border Protection placed a hold that prevented him from being released and initiated deportation proceedings against him on grounds that, as a resident alien who had committed an aggravated felony, he was deportable under 8 U.S.C. §1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). Continue reading →

Docket No. 83030-4 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 60163-6)  Facts: Following the deaths of seven people in the crash of a Twin Commander 690 Series aircraft in Mexico, respondent Kenneth Burton, the personal representative of the decedents’ estates, brought a wrongful death action against petitioner Twin Commander Aircraft, L.L.C., the holder of the type certificate of the Twin Commander 690 Series aircraft, in the Superior Court for King County. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83343-5 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 60991-2)  Facts:  Petitioner Helen Immelt was convicted of violating Snohomish County Code §10.01.040, which prohibits the sounding of vehicle horns for purposes other than public safety, after sounding her automobile’s horn for nearly ten minutes outside of her neighbor’s home following a dispute.  Immelt appealed her conviction on grounds that §10.01.040 is an unconstitutionally overbroad ordinance that infringes the right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the 1^st Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I §5 of the Washington State Constitution. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82855-5 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 26124-7)  Facts: Petitioner Jose Montano was charged under Washington Revised Code §9A.76.180 with intimidating a public servant in the Superior Court for Grant County after insulting and threatening the police officer who had arrested him following an altercation with his brother. Continue reading →

Docket No. 200,719-8 (from WSBA Case No. 27472)  Facts: Petitioner Sandra Ferguson’s license to practice law was suspended for 90 days following a hearing before the respondent Washington State Bar Association’s disciplinary board, which found that Ferguson had violated Washington Rules of Professional Conduct 3.3(f), 3.4(c), 3.5(b), 8.4(c), and 8.4(d) Continue reading →