Topic - Washington Supreme Court

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 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 Constitution. - Source: Wikipedia

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks Friday, April 22, 2022, at an event with President Joe Biden at Green River College in Auburn, Wash., south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

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New Washington Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis, center right, is sworn in, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. Montoya-Lewis was appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to fulfill the remaining term of former Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst, who retired in January as she battles cancer. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, a man does maintenance work between razor wire-topped fences at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash. Inmates at the prison filed a motion Thursday, April 9, 2020, with the Washington state Supreme Court asking it to order Gov. Jay Inslee and Department of Corrections Secretary Stephen Sinclair to release inmates who are 60 years old or older, those with underlying health conditions, and any who are close to their release date after almost a dozen people at the prison tested positive for the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, southbound passengers wait as they look across at a northbound Sound Transit light rail train at an underground station in downtown Seattle. The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, upheld vehicle registration tax increases in the Puget Sound area, a decision that preserves billions of dollars in voter-approved money earmarked for light trail and other projects. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo Washington Supreme Court Justice Charles K. Wiggins, second left, speaks as fellow Justices Sheryl Gordon McCloud, left, and Mary E. Fairhurst listen during arguments in Bellevue, Wash. Wiggins, 72, announced Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, he will retire at the end of March. Wiggins was first elected to the court in 2010. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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FILE - In this April 9, 2019 file photo, state representatives listen to speakers on the House floor at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., as lawmakers continued to work through the final month of the regular session of the Legislature. The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Dec. 19 that the Public Records Act fully applies to state lawmakers after hearing oral arguments in June on the appeal of a case that was sparked by a September 2017 lawsuit filed by a media coalition, led by The Associated Press, which was seeking sexual harassment reports, calendar entries and other documents from legislators. The justices found for the media coalition in a 7 to 2 decision. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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In this Jan. 22, 2019 photo, Justice Debra Stephens speaks from the bench during a Washington Supreme Court hearing in Olympia, Wash. On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, Stephens was elected by her fellow members of the state Supreme Court to be the new chief justice. She will replace current Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst, who announced last month she will retire from the high court in January to focus on her health as she fights a third bout of cancer. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Justice Charles W. Johnson, left, Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst and Justice Barbara A. Madsen look on as Michele Earl-Hubbard, attorney for the media coalition, speaks during a hearing before the Washington Supreme Court Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. The court heard oral arguments in the case that will determine whether state lawmakers are subject to the same disclosure rules that apply to other elected officials under the voter-approved Public Records Act. The hearing before the high court was an appeal of a case that was sparked by a September 2017 lawsuit filed by a media coalition, led by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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FILE - This March, 6, 2013 file photo shows Arlene's Flowers on Lee Boulevard in Richland, Wash. The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday, June 6, 2019, ruled state courts did not act with religious animus when they ruled that the Richland florist broke the state's anti-discrimination law by refusing on religious grounds to provide flowers for the wedding of a gay couple. (Bob Brawdy/The Tri-City Herald via AP, File)

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