| Excerpt: | Motion to dismiss denied! The disgraced initiative promoter will remain in bankruptcy for the time being, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has decided. |
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| Published at: | 9:31 PM on Thursday, April 11th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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Category Archives: Litigation
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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Judge blocks Alliance for Gun Responsibility’s I-1639 from the ballot; campaign appeals
| Excerpt: | A judge in Thurston County has ordered that the Alliance For Gun Responsibility's I-1639 (raising the age to buy semiautomatic firearms, imposing new safe storage requirements, creating new background check requirements) be blocked from the November 2018 ballot. |
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| Published at: | 4:02 PM on Friday, August 17th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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Whatever happened to “let the people vote”? Right wing voices silent as Alan Gottlieb’s group tries to block I-1639 from the ballot
| Excerpt: | Having gone 0 for 2 against the Alliance for Gun Responsibility in previous years, Washington's right wing has apparently lost its appetite for another ballot battle. They want petitions for the Alliance's latest initiative to be invalidated on a technicality. |
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| Published at: | 11:29 AM on Thursday, July 5th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Publicity seeking Tim Eyman files lawsuit to undo the Legislature’s I-940 compromise
| Excerpt: | Refusing to leave well enough alone, disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman today filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Kim Wyman in an attempt to nullify last week's agreement between the Legislature, De-Escalate Washington, and representatives of the law enforcement community regarding I-940. |
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| Published at: | 2:45 PM on Monday, March 12th, 2018 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Lawbreaker Tim Eyman accuses Bob Ferguson of “personally profiting” from suing Donald Trump’s regime in his latest plea for money
| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman's latest plea for money paints Attorney General Bob Ferguson as villain who'll stop at nothing to personally profit from politics. Sound familiar? |
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| Published at: | 11:15 PM on Monday, November 20th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Judge denies Eyman associate’s motion to dismiss campaign finance enforcement suit
| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman’s associates William Agazarm and Citizen Solutions will remain defendants in a $2.1 million campaign finance enforcement lawsuit against Eyman’s initiative factory, Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon ruled today. Agazarm and Citizen Solutions had asked Dixon to dismiss the lawsuit against them and award their lawyer Mark Lamb (who also represents Eyman) […] |
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| Published at: | 5:17 PM on Friday, July 28th, 2017 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense |
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Court penalizes Tim Eyman and associates as state wins two successive default judgments