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The Washington citizenry adopted a Constitutional Amendment on November 5, 1968, which authorized the legislature to create a Court of Appeals and to define its composition and jurisdiction. On May 12, 1969, the legislature passed the enabling act that established a Court of Appeals with three divisions and a total of twelve judges.
The Washington Supreme Court is the state supreme court of Washington. It is the highest court in the state and is based in the Temple of Justice at the Washington State Capitol campus in the state capital of Olympia. Almost all the cases that the Court hears are appeals from the decisions of the Washington Court of Appeals. The court has ...
First Asian American, Latino American, and openly lesbian (female) (Washington Supreme Court): Mary Yu (1993) in 2014 [25] [26] First (African American) openly lesbian female (superior court): Helen Whitener (1998) in 2015 [27] [28] First African American female (Washington Court of Appeals; Judge and Chief Judge): Lori K. Smith in 2018 [29]
Governor Jay Inslee appointed Diaz to the King County Superior Court in December 2017, effective January 22, 2018. [3] [4] As a judge, Diaz presided over approximately four dozen trial in all types of criminal, civil and domestic matters. Governor Inslee appointed Diaz to Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals, effective September 2022 ...
The Columbia County Courthouse in Dayton, home of the Columbia County Superior Court. The Washington Court of Appeals is the intermediate level appellate court empowered to hear appeals from final judgments and orders of superior courts, [6] [7] Personal Restraint Petitions, [8] writs of mandamus and quo warranto, [8] appeals from decisions of ...
Courts of Washington include: State courts of Washington. The headquarters of the Washington Supreme Court in Olympia. Washington Supreme Court [1] Washington Court of Appeals (3 divisions) [2] Washington Superior Courts (39 courts of general jurisdiction, one for each county) [3] Washington District Courts (Courts of limited jurisdiction) [4]
Sutton is serving as a judge on the Washington Court of Appeals, Division Two, in Tacoma. [1] She previously served as a judge on the Thurston County Superior Court. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Sutton worked for the Attorney General's Office as a managing attorney and civil litigator.
When the courts of appeals were created in 1891, one was created for each of the nine circuits then existing, and each court was named the "United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the _____ Circuit". When a court of appeals was created for the District of Columbia in 1893, it was named the "Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia", and ...