Waterville, Washington civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant sued by a homeowners' association seeking to enforce a restrictive covenant restricting vacation rental of residence for vacation.

We swim across the Columbia River from Chelan County, the situs of the land in
Wilkinson v. Chiwawa Communities Association, 180 Wn.2d 241, 327 P.3d 614 (2014),
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to Douglas Cou... More...    $0 (05-16-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making interstate threats and committing a hate crime for interference with a federally protected activity.
Joey David George, 37, of Lynwood, telephoned multiple grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and threatened to shoot Black people in the stores. George told the staff at the store to “take him seriously,â€� and ... More...    $0 (11-07-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant seeking injunctive and declaratory relief.


Todd and Christina Glover ("the Glovers") and Canaday own adjacent parcels of real property in a rural area of Snohomish County. Before January 4, 2016, the Glovers owned both parcels. The Glovers have lived on the parcel they currently occupy ("the Glover... More...    $0 (07-18-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Conspiracy to Mail Threatening Communications, to Commit Stalking, and to Interfere with Federally Protected Activitie.


Kaleb Cole, 25, a leader of the Neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was convicted by a federal jury in the Western District of Washington of one count of interfering with a federally pr... More...    $0 (01-12-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing an act of violence against a railroad carrier.

A 28-year-old Bellingham, Washington, woman was charged for committing an act of violence against a railroad carrier, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Ellen Brennan Reiche, was one of two people arrested on the BNSF Railway tracks near Bellingham, ne... More...    $0 (12-20-2021 - WA)

Seattle, WA: Violence against a railroad carrier criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant Ellen Brennan Reiche, age 28, who was arrested on the BNSF Railway tracks near Bellingham, near midnight on November 28, 2020. She was charged with placing a ‘shunt’ – a device that interferes with train signals – on the tracks.

On the night of November 28, 2020, Reiche and co-def... More...    $0 (09-09-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington hate crime charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Cameron Shea, 25, a leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, pled guilty to federal conspiracy and hate crime charges for threatening journalists and advocates who worked to expose anti-Semitism.

Shea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit three offenses against the United States: i... More...    $0 (04-09-2021 - WA)

The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the
law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the
exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra
Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim
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more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the
petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting
her claimed exe... More...    $0 (11-29-2018 - WA)

After ruling on summary judgment that Sharon Sorby did not
enjoy qualified immunity from the plaintiffs’ claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the trial
court certified its order under RAP 2.3(b)(4) as one “involv[ing] a controlling question of
law as to which there is substantial ground for a difference of opinion.” We granted
discretionary review. We conclude that Ms. Sorby enjoys quali... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Florida Man Who Assaulted Airline Flight Crew and Passengers Enroute to China Pleads Guilty

Defendant Admits He Struck Passengers and Crew after Attempting to Raise Lever on Exit Door while Airborne

A Tampa, Florida, man who assaulted crew and passengers on a Delta Airlines flight bound for China pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to fo... More...    $0 (02-10-2018 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Seattle Area Man Convicted of 17 Federal Felonies for Scheme to Exploit Young Women and Juveniles in Prostitution - Defendant Posed as Documentary Filmmaker to Entice and Blackmail Women into Commercial Sex Activity

A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted on November 8, 2017 in U.S. District Court in Seattle of 17 federal felonies for his scheme to recruit young women a... More...    $0 (11-09-2017 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Seattle Area Man Convicted of Multiple Counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, and Production of Child Pornography

A 51 year-old Seattle-area man was convicted of 17 federal felonies on November 6, 2017 in the U.S. District Court in Seattle for his scheme to recruit young women and girls and force them to engage in prostitutionMore...    $0 (11-07-2017 - WA)

Once again, the issue of tribal sovereign immunity and
cigarette taxes is back in the federal courts. In this iteration,
the Quinault Indian Nation (the “Nation”) sued Edward A.
Comenout, Jr.; Robert R. Comenout, Sr.; and other
defendants for engaging in a scheme to defraud the Nation
of taxes. When the Nation later asked the district court to
dismiss its action, Edward’s e... More...    $0 (08-30-2017 - WA)

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
Exp... More...    $0 (10-20-2016 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Ninth Circuit reverses grant of Tort Claim summary judgment on wrongful death claim

We must decide whether the United States may be sued
under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the actions of the
National Park Service relating to a mountain goat that
attacked and killed a Park visitor.
I
A
Established in 1938, Olympic National Park (“Olympic”
or the... More...    $0 (07-27-2015 - WA)

Appellants Woods View II, LLC (WVII) and Darlene Piper appeal
from the superior court' s grant of summary judgment in Kitsap County' s ( the County) favor on
WVII' s claims of negligence, tortious interference, and takings. These claims arise from the
alleged delay of several permits and governmental decisions required•for a project ofWVII. WVII
and Piper argue that ( 1) their cl... More...    $0 (06-09-2015 - WA)

The Kitsap Rifle and Revolver Club appeals from the trial court' s decision
following a bench trial that the Club engaged in unlawful uses of its shooting range property.
Specifically, the Club challenges the trial court' s determinations that the Club had engaged in an
impermissible expansion of its nonconforming use; that the Club' s site development activities
violated land use ... More...    $0 (02-10-2015 - WA)

“Full indeed is earth of woes, and full the sea,â€� remarked Hesiod,1 and reviewing the long odyssey of Kelly and Sally Samson, we are inclined to agree. The pair own waterfront property in picturesque Blakely Harbor in the City of Bainbridge Island. They devoutly wished to build a pier or a dock on their property during a time when local authorities had imposed a moratorium on such projects. Th... More...    $0 (06-18-2012 - WA)

The ripeness doctrine ensures that regulatory takings claims are not

litigated before they are fully developed at the local level. Because land use decisions involve a

great deal of government discretion, courts must be careful not to weigh in on a dispute until the

government has had an opportunity to render a final decision regarding the use of the land in

quest... More...    $0 (11-08-2011 - WA)

In Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S. Ct. 792, 9 L. Ed. 2d 799 (1963), the United States Supreme Court guaranteed to indigents the right of legal representation at public expense. King County, like other local governments in this state, sought ways to provide the required defense services to indigent criminal defendants. After investigating several different models, the county settled... More...    $0 (08-18-2011 - WA)

In this admiralty case, Resolute Industries, Inc., appeals an adverse summary judgment on its products liability claims against Webasto Products NA, Inc., the manufacturer of a heater that caught fire on Curtis Oswalt’s boat during repairs performed by Resolute’s employee. Resolute also challenges a judgment in Oswalt’s favor on his claim against Resolute for breach of the implied warranty o... More...    $0 (06-16-2011 - WA)

Since the 1800s, lessors of real property in Washington

have been able to recover damages for the tort of waste. In this case, however, the

Court of Appeals interpreted our jurisprudence on the economic loss rule and

concluded that lessor Linda Eastwood was limited to contractual remedies for the

damage done to her horse farm by lessee Horse Harbor Foundat... More...    $0 (11-04-2010 - WA)

“The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.â€� Everson v. Bd. of Educ., 330 U.S. 1, 18 (1947). The interplay between the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses creates an exception to an otherwise fully applicable statute if the statute would interfere with a religio... More...    $0 (03-16-2010 - WA)

“The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.â€� Everson v. Bd. of Educ., 330 U.S. 1, 18 (1947). The interplay between the First Amendment’s Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses creates an exception to an otherwise fully applicable statute if the statute would interfere with a religio... More...    $0 (03-16-2010 - WA)

We must decide whether the district court abused its discretion by preliminarily enjoining the enforcement of new rules promulgated by the Washington State Board of Pharmacy (“Boardâ€�) that require pharmacies to deliver lawfully prescribed Federal Drug Administration (“FDAâ€�)–approved medications and prohibit discrimination against patients, on the ground that the rules violate pharmaciesâ... More...    $0 (10-30-2009 - WA)

This appeal follows the summary dismissal of an action for

wrongful termination of a contract for an in-home caregiver by the Department of Social

and Health Services (DSHS). DSHS terminated the contract after an investigator

concluded that the caregiver was guilty of neglect. Later appeals tribunals reversed the

finding of neglect. But the contract also a... More...    $0 (10-23-2009 - WA)

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...    $0 (06-24-2009 - WA)

We must decide whether a distributor of Internet security software is entitled to immunity under the safe harbor provision of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 230, from a suit claiming that its software interfered with the use of downloadable programs by customers of an online media company.

Zango, Inc. (Zango) is an Internet company that provides access to a catalog of ... More...    $0 (06-25-2009 - WA)

In 1995, Daniel and Andrea McClung (the “McClungsâ€�) sought to develop property they owned in the City of Sumner (the “Cityâ€�), and learned that their underground storm drain pipe did not meet the City’s requirement for new developments to include pipes at least 12 inches in diameter. The McClungs assert that the City’s subsequent request that they install a 24-inch pipe in exchange for ... More...    $0 (12-09-2008 - WA)

In 1995, Daniel and Andrea McClung (the “McClungsâ€�) sought to develop property they owned in the City of Sumner (the “Cityâ€�), and learned that their underground storm drain pipe did not meet the City’s requirement for new developments to include pipes at least 12 inches in diameter. The McClungs assert that the City’s subsequent request that they install a 24-inch pipe in exchange for ... More...    $0 (09-25-2008 - WA)

In this case arising out of diversity jurisdiction, we are asked to decide whether Robinette Amaker, the surviving sister of Bradley Gierlich, may bring suit against defendants King County, Stanley Medical Research Institute (“SMRIâ€�), and E. Fuller Torrey, after the King County Medical Examiners Office (“KCMEOâ€�) provided Bradley’s1 brain, liver, and spleen tissue to SMRI for use in medic... More...    $0 (08-30-2008 - WA)

Vincent and Janet Dressel (the “Dresselsâ€�) are developers who remodel and convert private homes into student residences. A group of homeowners and community organizations (collectively, “Logan Neighborhoodâ€�), concerned that the Dressels’ construction was degrading and devaluing the historic character of their neighborhood, brought suit in federal district court seeking injunctive and dec... More...    $0 (08-27-2008 - WA)

Nine-year-old Nathan Walters died after ingesting part of a peanut butter cookie, which was served to him in a school lunch on a school field trip. The school district had been aware that Nathan was severely allergic to peanuts, but it did not provide him with a special lunch, nor did school personnel administer epinephrine soon enough to prevent his death. The school di... More...    $0 (12-27-2007 - WA)

The trial courts in these consolidated cases held that the provisions of Washington's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that prohibit same-sex marriages are facially unconstitutional under the privileges and immunities and due process clauses of the Washington State Constitution. King County and the State of Washington have appealed. The plaintiffs-respondents, gay and lesbian couples,... More...    $0 (07-27-2006 - WA)

The World Trade Organization ("WTO") is the international organization charged with dealing with the rules of trade between nations. In late November 1999, top trade officials from WTO-member countries met in Seattle. The Seattle gathering gained national attention, not just for the policy debate on international trade issues but also because of the demonstrations and violence that occu... More...    $0 (04-07-2005 - WA)

In 1992, Mission Springs, Inc. and Feature Realty, Inc. (collectively "Feature Realty") applied for and received permission from the Spokane City Council to build an apartment complex in Spokane, Washington. In 1995, Feature Realty brought suit against the city in Spokane County Superior Court, alleging the city wrongfully refused to issue a grading permit in connection with the property ... More...    $0 (06-13-2003 - WA)

Dr... More...    $0 (12-18-2002 - WA)