The Washington State court system is structured to address a wide range of legal matters from local disputes to complex state-level cases. The state court system comprises the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Trial Courts. The Washington Court of Appeal is the intermediate appellate court. ...
1.Abbr.WAorWash.A state of the northwest United States on the Pacific Ocean. It was admitted as the 42nd state in 1889. Explored by Capt. James Cook in 1778, Washington was the object of a dispute between Britain and the United States until 1846, when its northern border was set at ...
COURT RULES WASHINGTON SECRECY CASE IRRELEVANT
The state Supreme Court was responding to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in October 2021. Five plaintiffs from California, Arizona and North Carolina alleged Amazon jacked up prices on goods they could not reasonably find on other e-commerce...
The trial court's oral opinion was made a part of its orders of dismissal. The opinion discloses that the trial court was of the view that the statute was unconstitutional for two reasons, to wit, (1) it shifted the burden of proof from the state to the defendant; and (2) it compel...
possession of marijuana, RCW 69.50.401(d), but the case was dismissed after the trial court suppressed the evidence. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the warrantless seizure did not violate the state and federal constitutions. We affirm the Court of Appeals and remand the case for...
Vouchers Reloaded: Washington State Scholarship Case at Supreme Court Could Rewrite Church-State Law in America. (Cover Story)College freshman Joshua Davey decided in 1999 that he wanted to study for the ministry and...By BostonRob
The 20th century saw a renewal of the strictures and limitations imposed upon the press by governments. In countries withcommunistgovernments, the press was owned by the state, and journalists and editors were government employees. Under such a system, the prime function of the press to report ...
SEATTLE (AP) — King County will pay $225,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by a Black man who was arrested on drug charges after a veteran detective made false statements to obtain a search warrant, including misidentifying him in...
A Washington Court of Appeals recently sent a case involving Kitsap County’s decision to layoff two corrections officers back to the Trial Court for further consideration. In Kitsap County v. Kitsap County Correctional Officers’ Guild, Inc., the Appeals Court determined that th...