Washington State Supreme Court

The legislature failed to agree on a framework for drug possession penalties after the Senate and House passed differing versions of the same bill.

WA State Supreme Court was tasked with deciding whether WSU has a special relationship with their students and has a duty to reasonably protect them from harm, and if so, to what extent.

Washington State Supreme Court Justice G. Helen Whitener will be be taking a medical leave of absence from the Court.

The high court heard arguments yesterday from the county prosecutor and the attorney for Ului Teulilo.

The high court has agreed to hear Ului Teulilo's claim that officers should have gotten a search warrant before entering his home, where they found his 68-year-old wife dead from gunshot wounds.

District Court Judge Eric Biggar issued a letter Tuesday, stating the cases would move forward in December.

District Court Judge Eric Biggar will issue his decision after Chelan County District Court judges announced last week that they would not dismiss those cases.

(Olympia, WA) -- The Washington State Supreme Court has declined to adopt a new redistricting plan for the state. The order, issuing the decline, was signed by all nine justices. In a press release from the court, the court said it concluded that “the plan adopted by the Washington State Redistricting Commission met the constitutional deadline and substantially complied with the statutory deadline

(Seattle, WA) -- Washington state's new tax on big banks has survived a court challenge. The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the tax. It applies a one-point-two-percent tax on banks that make over one-billion-dollars in profit ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Governor Jay Inslee has signed commutations for 13 people convicted for drug possession charges under a law that was recently struck down by the Washington State Supreme Court. Those individuals have been released from jail ...