State Supreme Court
Opponents make last bid to halt state liquor law
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Opponents of Washington state's liquor-privatization initiative made a final bid Thursday to invalidate the voter-approved law just two weeks before it is set to take effect.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Business
Wash. high court to hear executive privilege case
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire will have to defend her claims of "executive privilege," as the Washington Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over her decisions to withhold certain documents from the public, which critics deride as government secrecy.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Northwest
Accident reports are public record, state justices rule
OLYMPIA -- Accident reports compiled by troopers and maintained in a state database should be treated as public records available by request, Washington's Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
You can't vote on just anything, high court rules
What to make of the recent ruling by the state Supreme Court regarding traffic-enforcement cameras?
Date: 03/18/2012 | Need to Know
State justices rule against local votes on traffic cameras
OLYMPIA -- A divided state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local initiatives can't be used to create new laws that restrict red-light traffic camera programs.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Local News
DUI conviction tossed over language barrier
OLYMPIA -- Washington's Supreme Court has thrown out a man's conviction for drunken driving, saying the state never proved that he was advised in Spanish about his right to an independent blood test.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Northwest
Deputy's case goes to state Supreme Court
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- The case of a Clark County sheriff's deputy who in 2010 sued Burger King because an employee spit in his hamburger is heading to the Washington Supreme Court.
Date: 01/19/2012 | Northwest
High Court Justice Chambers won't seek third term
OLYMPIA -- Supreme Court Justice Tom Chambers is retiring at the end of his term this year, and at least two candidates say they'll run for the open seat.Chambers was elected to the court in 2000. He announced Thursday that he would not seek a third term
Date: 01/13/2012 | Northwest
State Supreme Court hears arguments on Wenatchee arena debt
OLYMPIA -- The Washington Supreme Court considered arguments Tuesday over the debt troubles surrounding Wenatchee's events arena, and justices explored what types of money should count toward local government debt limits.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
Washington hasn't met duty for public education, state Supreme Court rules
SEATTLE -- The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state isn't meeting its constitutional obligation to amply pay for basic public education, but the justices gave an endorsement to the reform work the Legislature has already started.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Local News
State Supreme Court to rule on school funding case
SEATTLE -- The Washington Supreme Court plans to issue a ruling Thursday on a major case concerning the state's obligation to pay for public school education.The court posted a notice on its website Wednesday afternoon saying the ruling was scheduled to be released.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Northwest
Gregoire will not challenge McKenna on health law
OLYMPIA -- Attorney General Rob McKenna has the authority to lead Washington into a challenge against President Barack Obama's health care law, the state Supreme Court said Thursday.
Date: 09/01/2011 | Northwest
State Supreme Court pushes open investigative records
OLYMPIA -- The public release of investigative records does not violate the privacy of an officer who was accused of sexual assault but never charged, Washington's Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Date: 08/18/2011 | Northwest
Traffic camera company sought Mukilteo officials' help in filing lawsuit
MUKILTEO -- A former vice president for an Arizona-based traffic enforcement-camera company last year tried to enlist Mukilteo's mayor in finding somebody from the community "to use" in bringing a lawsuit that attempted to block a vote on an anti-camera initiative.
Date: 08/07/2011 | Local News
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