| Excerpt: | Judge James Dixon signed off on an order penalizing Eyman's co-defendants after having entered a default judgment against them earlier in 2019. |
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| Published at: | 8:39 AM on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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Category Archives: Litigation
JUSTICE! Tim Eyman’s pals fined $1 million for their role in illegal kickback scheme
Tim Eyman ordered to pay $156,000 in contempt fines; lashes out at Bob Ferguson
| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter is on the hook for over six figures in contempt penalties. He's responded with fundraising appeals for his legal defense fund. |
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| Published at: | 1:48 PM on Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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As Tim Eyman’s personal income falls, State of Washington asks judge to force him to pay up
| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman is getting squeezed financially. It appears his friends have become fewer in number and less generous. His expenses and liabilities, however, just continue to mount. |
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| Published at: | 9:36 PM on Thursday, August 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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Tim Eyman held in contempt (again) for intentionally violating court discovery orders
| Excerpt: | The price that the disgraced initiative promoter must pay for trying to evade accountability for his blatant and repeated violations of Washington's voter-instigated public disclosure laws keeps going up. |
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| Published at: | 5:11 PM on Friday, July 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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Court penalizes Tim Eyman and associates as state wins two successive default judgments
| Excerpt: | Disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman and his friends now owe the taxpayers a lot of money after not bothering to defend themselves against lawsuits alleging they violated Washington's public disclosure laws. |
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| Published at: | 8:19 PM on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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Tim Eyman loses effort to weaken State of Washington’s primary lawsuit against him
| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman was hit with what he called "a gut punch" when the judge presiding over the campaign finance enforcement lawsuit against him denied his motion for partial summary judgment. |
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| Published at: | 2:03 PM on Friday, April 5th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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State of Washington moves to convert Tim Eyman’s bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 case
| Excerpt: | Bob Ferguson has objected to Tim Eyman's motion to dismiss his Chapter 11 case and is asking for a conversion to a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy instead. |
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| Published at: | 7:52 PM on Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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So much for that bankruptcy: Tim Eyman moves for his Chapter 11 case to be dismissed
| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter asked Judge Marc Barreca to dismiss his bankruptcy filing in a motion filed on February 28th, 2019. |
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| Published at: | 6:25 PM on Friday, March 8th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense |
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Federal judge: Campaign finance enforcement lawsuits against Tim Eyman can proceed
| Excerpt: | The State of Washington has a green light to move ahead with its campaign finance enforcement suits against Tim Eyman despite his recent bankruptcy filing. |
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| Published at: | 2:41 PM on Friday, January 4th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Open Government |
| Tags: | Money in Politics, Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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Tim Eyman’s bankruptcy is stalling AG Bob Ferguson’s case against Eyman — as intended
| Excerpt: | Eyman's "bankruptcy" has already forced the postponement of a bevy of depositions the state had scheduled... of Eyman, his associates, and top donors. |
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| Published at: | 1:39 PM on Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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State Supreme Court erred in ordering I-940 onto the ballot, but that mistake can be fixed
| Excerpt: | In ordering I-940 onto the ballot, the Supreme Court itself stepped out of bounds, but attorneys for De-Escalate Washington have afforded the Court an opportunity to revise its verdict and avoid setting a very problematic, very troubling precedent. |
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| Published at: | 12:52 PM on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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State Supreme Court sends De-Escalate WA’s Initiative 940 to the November 2018 ballot
| Excerpt: | A deeply divided Washington State Supreme Court ruled today that De-Escalate Washington's Initiative 940 must appear on the November 2018 ballot to be considered by the people because its adoption by the Legislature last winter was effectively not without change or amendment due to the Legislature's passage of a separate compromise bill (ESHB 3003) intended to supersede I-940. |
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| Published at: | 12:04 PM on Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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Tim Eyman loses again in court as Judge James Dixon declines to reconsider sanctions