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Justice [1] Born Joined Chief Justice Term ends Mandatory retirement Appointed by Law school 8 Steven González, Chief Justice: 1963 (age 60–61) January 1, 2012: 2021–present 2030 2038 Christine Gregoire (D) UC Berkeley: 4 Charles W. Johnson, Associate Chief Justice March 16, 1951 (age 73) January 14, 1991 – 2026 2026 — [a] Seattle: 5
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 ...
Steven Charles González (born 1963) is an American lawyer who has served as the chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court since January 11, 2021. He was appointed as an associate justice by Governor Christine Gregoire and took office on January 1, 2012.
The Washington Supreme Court is being asked to decide if a Pasco man’s constitutional rights were violated after he spent months in jail waiting to be given an attorney.. It’s the first ...
The case before the Washington Supreme Court could overturn a prohibition on income taxes that dates to the 1930s. ... But in a 5-4 decision the following year, the state Supreme Court struck it ...
Gonzalez's lawyers at the Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal group, say she should be able to bring her claim under a 2019 Supreme Court ruling called Nieves v. Bartlett. The ruling said ...
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.
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]