Facts: Judith Eiler, judge of the District Court for King County, was charged by the Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct with violating Canons 1, 2(A), 2(B), 3(A)(3), and 3(A)(4) of the Code of Judicial Conduct as a result of a pattern of rude, intimidating, demeaning, and condescending behavior in the courtroom. Read more…
Facts: Respondent South Tacoma Way, L.L.C. filed suit against the petitioner state of Washington in the Superior Court for Thurston County seeking to void as ultra vires the state’s sale of surplus real property to Sustainable Urban Development, L.L.C. on grounds that the state had not complied with Washington Revised Code §47.12.063(2)(g), which requires that the owners of abutting property be given notice of any such sales. Read more…
Synopsis: Whether police officers’ warrantless entry into an apartment to investigate a domestic violence call was justified by the emergency exception to the warrant requirement.
Facts: Petitioner Joshua Harvill was convicted of delivery of a controlled substance in the Superior Court for Cowlitz County following a trial in which the trial court refused to grant Harvill’s request to instruct the jury regarding an affirmative defense of duress, Read more…
