Washington Supreme Court
| Washington Supreme Court | |
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 Temple of Justice |
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| Jurisdiction | United States |
| Location | Olympia, Washington |
| Composition method | Election |
| Authorized by | Washington State Constitution |
| Judge term length | 6 years |
| Number of positions | 9 |
| Website | Washington court system |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | Barbara Madsen |
| Since | 2010 |
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.
The court convenes in the Temple of Justice, a historic building on the Washington State Capitol campus in Olympia, Washington.
The persuasiveness of the Court's decisions reaches far beyond Washington's borders. A Supreme Court of California study published in 2007 found that the Washington Supreme Court's decisions were the second most widely followed by the appellate courts of all other U.S. states in the period from 1940 to 2005 (second only to California).[1]
| Title | Name | Joined the Court | Current Term Ends | Appointed By | Law School Graduated From |
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| Chief Justice | Barbara Madsen | 1993 | 2017 | - | Gonzaga University School of Law |
| Associate Justice | Charles W. Johnson | 1991 | 2015 | - | Seattle University School of Law |
| Associate Justice | Tom Chambers | 1995 | 2013 | - | University of Washington School of Law |
| Associate Justice | Susan Owens | 2001 | 2013 | - | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Associate Justice | Mary Fairhurst | 2003 | 2015 | - | Gonzaga University School of Law |
| Associate Justice | James M. Johnson | 2005 | 2017 | - | University of Washington School of Law |
| Associate Justice | Debra L. Stephens | 2008 | 2015 | Christine Gregoire | Gonzaga University School of Law |
| Associate Justice | Charlie K. Wiggins | 2011 | 2017 | - | Duke University School of Law |
| Associate Justice | Steven C. Gonzalez | 2012 | 2013 | Christine Gregoire | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
[edit] Elections
- Washington State Supreme Court elections, 2006
- Washington Supreme Court is at coordinates 47°02′13″N 122°54′18″W / 47.037049°N 122.905051°WCoordinates: 47°02′13″N 122°54′18″W / 47.037049°N 122.905051°W
[edit] Gallery
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The interior of the Washington State Supreme Court
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Inside the Law Library
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The foyer of the Temple of Justice building
[edit] References
- ^ Jake Dear and Edward W. Jessen, " Followed Rates" and Leading State Cases, 1940-2005, 41 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 683, 694(2007).
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