Docket No. 85661-3 (from Grays Harbor Case No. 10-2-00599-1)
Synopsis: Whether Indian tribes that have entered into fuel tax agreements with the State are indispensable parties to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the agreements, and if so, whether tribal officials who signed the agreements are exempt from tribal sovereign immunity and therefore may be added as defendants in the suit.

Docket No. 80998-4 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 24076-2)  Facts: Petitioner Allan Parmelee, an inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary, filed a public records request for documents containing information regarding respondent Eric Burt and several other Washington State Penitentiary employees pursuant to Washington Revised Code §42.56. Continue reading →