FAMILY OF BUTTS v. CONSTANTINE

No. 98985-1.

491 P.3d 132 (2021)

The FAMILY OF Damarius BUTTS et al., Respondents/Cross-Appellants, v. Dow CONSTANTINE et al., Appellants/Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed July 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas William Kuffel , Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Samantha Dara Kanner, King Co. Prosecutors Office, David J. Hackett , King County Administration Building, 500 4th Ave. Ste. 900, Seattle, WA, 98104-2316, Timothy J. Filer , Foster Garvey PC, 1111 3rd Ave. Ste. 3000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3296, for Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

La Rond Baker , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, Adrien G. Leavitt , Northwest Defenders Division/KCDPD, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 250, Seattle, WA, 98104-1765, Amy K. Parker , King County Department of Defense-ACA, Susan Claire Sobel , Attorney at Law, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA, 98104-1744, Corey William Guilmette , Public Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Pl. S., Suite 502, Seattle, WA, 98104-2626, Rebecca Fish , Public Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Place S., Suite 502, Seattle, WA, 98104, Stewart Andrew Estes , Keating, Bucklin & McCormack, Inc., P.S., 801 2nd Ave. Ste. 1210, Seattle, WA, 98104-3175, Thomas P. Miller , Christie Law Group, PLLC; 2100 Westlake Ave. N. Ste. 206, Seattle, WA, 98109-5802, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.

Isaac Ruiz , Kathryn Manning Knudsen , Ruiz & Smart PLLC, 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1220, Seattle, WA, 98101, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Public Health Amici.

Timothy George Leyh , Tyler L. Farmer , Kristin E. Ballinger , Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen LLP, 999 3rd Ave. Ste. 4400, Seattle, WA, 98104, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Counties.

Edgar Sargent , Daniel Jeffrey Shih , Susman Godfrey LLP, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 3800, Seattle, WA, 98101-3087, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Community Organizations.

Antoinette M. Davis , Nancy Lynn Talner , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU of Washington.

Karen L. Cobb , Theron A. Buck , Evan Bariault , Frey Buck, P.S., 1200 5th Ave. Ste. 1900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3135, for Other Parties.


¶1 Damarius Butts, Isaiah Obet, Charleena Lyles, and seven other people were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in King County in 2017. Fatal Force: Police Shootings Database, WASH. POST (last updated June 21, 2021), https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ [https://perma...

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