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The Washington Supreme Court is the highest court in the judiciary of the U.S. state of Washington. The court is composed of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Members of the court are elected to six-year terms. Justices must retire at the end of the calendar year in which they reach the age of 75, per the Washington State ...
Following is a list of justices of the Washington Supreme Court. Current justices ... Floyd V. Hicks: 1977: 1982: Matthew W. Hill: 1947: 1969: Oscar Raymond Holcomb ...
In Washington, there are several state courts. Judges are elected and serve four-year or six-year terms. Most judges first come to office when the governor of Washington appoints them after a vacancy is created – either by the death, resignation, retirement, or removal of a sitting judge, or when a new seat on the bench is created by the Washington State Legislature.
Nov. 28—A Washington State Supreme Court commissioner approved an emergency stay Tuesday, upholding a temporary stay granted nearly two weeks ago that blocked a lower court decision that would ...
Before the Supreme Court ruling, ACLU affiliates in other states, including Hawaii, had filed suits similarly claiming that local measures against homeless camping violated their state ...
The Supreme Court's decisions on Monday will come on a day that is not scheduled on the court calendar as a ruling day. As a result, the justices will not be in the courtroom to announce any ...
Following the state high court's decision, Stutzman filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States, asking the Court to hear the case. [27] During this case, a similar case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, had made its way to the Supreme Court, and which was decided in early June ...
It was the first State Supreme court election in 12 years without an incumbent running for reelection. [6] In the primary election, Mungia came in first among four candidates, with 43.43%, and Federal Way Municipal Court judge Dave Larson came in second, with 36.45%.