Attorney Duncan McGehee Greene's Legal Cases

Land use and zoning

Taylor Resources, Inc., et al., v. Pierce County, et al.

Aug 31, 2009

OUTCOME: Shoreline permit reinstated

Taylor Resources, Inc., et al., v. Pierce County, et al., SHB Nos. 08-010, 08-017, Order Denying Motion to Dismiss (November 7, 2008) (finding that County rescinded shoreline permit and holding that SH ... B has jurisdiction), available at: http://eho.wa.gov/searchdocuments/2008%20archive/shb%2008-010,017%20order%20denying%20motion%20to%20dismiss.pdf; case description available at: http://www.eho.wa.gov/CaseDetails.aspx?cid=4122; and Taylor Resources, Inc., et al., v. Pierce County, et al., Thurston County Superior Court No. 08-2-00904-9, Judgment Granting Relief under Administrative Procedures Act (affirming SHB jurisdictional order)

Real estate

Taylor United, Inc., et al., v. State of Washington, et al.

Jun 08, 2009

OUTCOME: Settled

Taylor United, Inc., et al., v. State of Washington, et al., Thurston County Superior Court No. 09-2-00431-2, description available at: http://pugetsoundblogs.com/waterways/2009/02/24/legal-writing-rar ... ely-reaches-this-level-of-precision. Excerpt from description: Taylor Shellfish Farms has filed a lawsuit against the state regarding the company’s so-called “trespass” on state tidelands in Totten Inlet. See my story in today’s Kitsap Sun. I’d like to say something here in a nonjudgmental voice, taking neither side in the legal battle between Taylor Shellfish Farms and the Washington Department of Natural Resources: I found a work of art in the legal complaint filed by Taylor’s team of lawyers. Given the complex and obscure legal theories, I can’t begin to predict how this will turn out. But I want to say that the complaint drafted by the law firm Gordon Derr was written with such precision that anyone can walk through the document and not feel lost in what could have been a dense jungle of legal arguments.

Land use and zoning

Kaleas, et al v. City of Normandy Park

Jul 30, 2006

OUTCOME: City's residential densities upheld

CPSGMHB Case No. 05-3-0007c, Order on Remand (July 31,2006), available at: http://www.gmhb.wa.gov/Legacy/central/decisions/2006/05-3-0007cKaleasOrderonRemandwithdissent20060731.pdf, and City of Normand ... y Park v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, et al., King County Superior Court Case No. 05-2-27090-0 KNT, Final Order and Judgment Granting Relief Under Administrative Procedure Act (March 30, 2006)

Land use and zoning

Neighbors for Reasonable Mining v. Concrete Nor'West, et al.

Dec 15, 2004

OUTCOME: Permits upheld with conditions

Neighbors for Reasonable Mining v. Concrete Nor'West, et al., SHB No. 03-030, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order (December 15, 2004), available at: http://www.eho.wa.gov/searchdocuments/200 ... 4%20Archive/shb%2003-030%20final.htm

Land use and zoning

In the Matter of the Appeal of Tom and Beth Morgan, et al.

N/A

OUTCOME: City's Notices of Violation affirmed

In the Matter of the Appeal of Tom and Beth Morgan, et al., Decision of the Hearing Examiner, City of Bainbridge Island, Case Nos. COD393, ADM14206 (October 2, 2007), available at: http://www.ci.bai ... nbridge-isl.wa.us/documents/exec/hex/100207_morgan_appeal_hex_decision.pdf (Note: This decision was subsequently appealed to Superior Court and the case was settled.)

Land use and zoning

In the Matter of Northshore Investors, LLC vs. City of Tacoma

N/A

OUTCOME: City's Determination of Significance affirmed

In the Matter of Northshore Investors, LLC vs. City of Tacoma, Office of the Hearing Examiner, City of Tacoma, File No. HEXAPL2008-00002, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decision (May 18, 2 ... 008), available at: http://savenetacoma.org/Documents/Hearing%20Examiners%20Decision%2005%2019%2008.pdf

Duncan McGehee Greene's Legal Cases (6)

Taylor Resources, Inc., et al., v. Pierce County, et al.

Taylor United, Inc., et al., v. State of Washington, et al.

Kaleas, et al v. City of Normandy Park

Neighbors for Reasonable Mining v. Concrete Nor'West, et al.

In the Matter of the Appeal of Tom and Beth Morgan, et al.

In the Matter of Northshore Investors, LLC vs. City of Tacoma