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Spokane's business community hoped to locate the courthouse in the central business district of the city, which was located on the south side of the river. Rural communities in Spokane County advocated for a more rural location, and even threatened to secede and form a new county if a satisfactory site was not chosen.
This court considers appeals in civil and criminal cases that are appealed from Superior Courts. An appeal to the Court of Appeals is a matter of right - unlike the Washington Supreme Court, which has discretionary jurisdiction, the State Court of Appeals has mandatory jurisdiction – it must hear all civil and criminal appeals that are filed ...
While each county has a Superior Court, some of the less populated counties are grouped into a single district, sharing a single judge and administration. The judge for these multi-county districts rotates between the counties as needed, with each County Superior Court having its own courtroom and staff.
Sep. 1—The city of Spokane is struggling to meet its obligations under the state Public Records Act, a tool meant to allow everyone, whether they're reporters, lawyers, cranks or concerned ...
Oct. 2—A state appeals court judge who stung Spokane County prosecutors and police with accusations of racist enforcement of the law has rejected calls that he recuse himself from ruling on ...
Charnelle Marie Bjelkengren (born 1975) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Spokane County Superior Court since 2019. She is a former nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
Spokane Superior Court Judge Breean Beggs said Watkins always had an encouraging word for him. Beggs is the former director of the Spokane Center for Justice, which focused on civil rights issues.
Kay Trumbull (1974): [74] First female Judge of the Superior Court in Snohomish County, Washington; Whitney Rivera: [75] First Asian American Pacific Islander female to serve as a Judge of the Snohomish County Superior Court (2024) Reba Hurn (1910): [46] [47] [48] First female lawyer in Spokane, Washington [Spokane County, Washington]