Bruff v. Main’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “in Washington. Counsel also appended declarations from two investigators who had attempted to serve Main personally. One investigator stated that he was unable to locate Main through the two addresses listed on the police report or through Department of Licensing and Department of Motor Vehicle records, which still listed the Mill Creek address for Main. The second investigator, Michael Schoonover, knew Main from”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bruff v. Main

2. “and stated that the best source of information for locating him was his parents. Schoonover located Main's parents in British Columbia and spoke with Main's father, who said that he did not have a current address for Main, but that he was living in the Seattle area. The Bruffs have cited no authority to support the proposition that a person's lack of a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bruff v. Main