Washington Hague Convention Law
 

Dale Harvey v. Garann Rose Means


Seattle, Washington Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction and International Child Abduction Remedies Act family law lawyers represented the parties.



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Article 26 of the Hague Convention contains a fee-shifting provision that permits a court to award attorney fees and incidental costs to a successful petitioner. It states:

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United States of America v. Herdade Lokua and Jospin Mujangi

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act.

Herdade Lokua, age 34, and Jospin Mujangi, age 32, of Kenshsas, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),admitted that beginning in November 2019, they agreed to smuggle elephant ivory, white rhinoceros horn and pangolin scales to the United States. They worked with a middleman ... More...
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Michael D. Castro v. Tri Marine Fish Company, LLC




Central to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, June 10, 1958, 21 U.S.T. 2517 (“New York Convention”), and related federal law is the principle insulating foreign arbitral awards from second-guessing by cour... More...
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United States of America v. David L. Boone

Western District of Washington Federal Courthouse - Seattle, Washington

Seattle, WA - Brinnon Resident Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking Protected Narwhal Tusks

Defendant Trafficked Marine Mammal Parts Worth as much as $400,000

A 64-year-old resident of Brinnon, Jefferson County, Washington was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to six months in prison, one year of supervised release and a $25,000 fine for trafficking ivory from protected s... More...
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State of Washington v. Mouad Aimane Elbou

Seattle, WA - Jury Finds Man Not Guilty Of Abducting His Son

The State of Washington charged Mouad Aimane Elbou, age 33, with first-degree custodial interference for keeping his son from his mother in 2010.

Docket:

Sub Docket Date Docket Code Docket Description Misc Info
- 08-12-2011 Case Setting Info
- 08-12-2011 COMMENT ENTRY
ACTION
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State of Washington v. Michele Anderson

Seattle, WA - The State of Washington charged Michele Anderson with six counts of first-degree murder for killing her parents, her brother, his wife and two of their children on Christmas Eve in 2007.

The defense asserted that the killings were not premeditated and that the defendant was guilty on not more than second-degree murder.

Docket Entries:


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State of Washington v. Christopher Monfort

Seattle, WA - The State of Washington charged Christopher Monfort with first-degree murder in conjunction with the killing of a Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton on Halloween night in 2009.

Monfort pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Court Docket:

Sub Docket Date Docket Code Docket Description Misc Info
1 11-12-2009 INFORMATION Information
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King Mountain Tobacco Company, Inc. v. Robert McKenna

King Mountain Tobacco Company and the Confederated
Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation (collectively
“Appellants”) sued the Attorney General of the State of
Washington for declaratory and injunctive relief from
Washington’s escrow statute, Wash. Rev. Code
§§ 70.157.005–70.157.030 (2013). The escrow statute
requires King Mountain to place money into escrow... More...
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United States of America v. Santiago Contreras Orozco

Santiago Contreras Orozco was convicted of
manufacturing 1,000 or more marijuana plants, in violation of
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(vii), and 18 U.S.C. § 2, and
carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, in
violation of 23 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C.
§ 924(c)(1)(A)(i). Orozco appeals his convictions,
challenging two rulings made by the district court... More...
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Theodore H. Heinemann v. Daniel Satterberg

This appeal presents the question of whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, in its current form, prohibits a district court from granting a motion for summary judgment by default based upon a local court rule when an opposing party fails to respond. We conclude that it does.

In this case, in addition to citing such a local rule, the district court considered the motion on the merits ... More...
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Shirley-Ann Leu v. International Boundary Commission, et al.

Dennis Schornack appeals the district court’s order denying cross motions by Schornack and David Bernhardt in which each sought to have the other’s filings quashed or struck from the case. The case arose out of a property dispute between Shirley-Ann and Herbert Leu and the International Boundary Commission (IBC), an organization tasked with defining, marking, and maintaining the boundary betwe... More...    $0 (05-19-2010 - WA)

Romeo Balen v. Holland America Line, Inc.

Romeo Balen, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, appeals the district court’s order granting Holland America Line Inc.’s (“HAL”) motion to compel arbitration. Balen contends that his claims cannot be resolved through arbitration, because (1) United States law does not permit the arbitration of claims brought under the Seamen’s Wage Act, 46 U.S.C. § 10313 (“Wage Act... More...    $0 (10-02-2009 - WA)

Joanne Faye Torgerson v. One Lincoln Tower, LLC

We are asked to determine whether a real estate contract can limit

buyers' remedies for breach to the return of their deposits and certain money spent on

improving the property. Petitioners are licensed real estate agents for a condominium

development who also bought residential units there. As condominium buyers, the

agents want the court to strike down a contr... More...
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Michael James Berger, aka Magic Mike v. City of Seattle, Virginia Anderson, et al.

In 2002, the City of Seattle promulgated a set of rules governing the conduct of visitors to one of its major attractions, an 80-acre public park and entertainment complex known as the Seattle Center. The new rules regulated for the first time the behavior of the Center’s street performers. We consider today the constitutional validity of some of those rules.

Among other provisions, the n... More...
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Hale v. Wellpinit Sch. Dist. No. 49

Until 2007, the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), chapter 49.60 RCW, contained no definition of the term "disability." In 2006, this court found that the meaning of "disability" as used in the WLAD was consistent with the definition found in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12209 (ADA). McClarty v. Totem Elec., 157 Wn.2d 214, 137 P.3d 844... More...    $0 (01-15-2009 - WA)

Seattle Affiliate of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality v. City of Seattle, et al.

We are presented with a conflict between those who wish to conduct a parade on Seattle’s city streets — a forum historically preferred by people who want to demonstrate their messages of honor, celebration or, as in this case, protest — and the city’s interests in traffic safety. The City of Seattle by ordinance gives its police chief, when issuing a parade permit, the discretion to requir... More...    $0 (12-16-2008 - WA)

Ball-Foster Glass Container Co. v. Giovanelli

This case asks us to determine whether, under the traveling employee doctrine, a worker from out-of-state, injured while working in Washington, is entitled to workers' compensation benefits under the Industrial Insurance Act (IIA), Title 51 RCW. The Department of Labor and Industries, an industrial appeals judge, the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, the superior court, a... More...    $0 (02-11-2008 - WA)

Jeremiah W. Holder v. Carla R. Holder

Jeremiah W. Holder ("Jeremiah"), a member of the United States Air Force stationed in Germany, appeals the order of the district court staying his petition for return of his children from Washington State to Germany under the Hague Conven-tion on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction ("the Hague Convention"), Oct. 25, 1980, 19 I.L.M. 1501, as implemented by the International Chi... More...    $0 (09-06-2002 - WA)

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