Court: Plan to ban injection sites properly kept off ballot
The Washington Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a lower court's decision to keep a measure banning safe injection sites in King County off the ballot.
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Supreme Court rules against city of Spokane tax exemption
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that a Spokane law granting a local property tax exemption to senior citizens and disabled veterans is unconstitutional.
Court: juvenile sex crimes can be basis of civil commitment
The Washington state Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that civil commitment of people designated as sexually violent predators can be indefinitely extended for those whose crimes occurred when they were juveniles.
State Supreme Court sends water rights case to trial court
The Washington Supreme Court has decided that an environmental group has standing to seek the removal of fill material added to property along Lake Chelan to raise the property above the water level, obstructing the public's right to use navigable waters over that property.
Washington Supreme Court upholds tribal fuel tax exemption
The Washington state Supreme Court says members of the Yakama Nation can have wholesale fuel delivered to the reservation without being taxed by the state.
Supreme Court throws out sentences in Halloween robbery case
The Washington state Supreme Court has thrown out the lengthy sentences of two young men who were charged with stealing candy on Halloween night in 2012.
Justices: Makers have duty to warn hospitals about devices
The Washington Supreme Court says a lower court erred when it didn't tell a jury that a manufacturer had a duty to warn the hospital about its products.
Justices OK case over psychiatrist's duty to protect
The Washington Supreme Court says the family of a Spokane woman who was murdered with her son can pursue a lawsuit over whether the killer's psychiatrist should have done more to protect the victims.
Washington high court reinstates pair of DUI convictions
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) ��� Washington's Supreme Court has unanimously reinstated the drunken driving convictions of two people who argued that the results of their breath tests should have been thrown out.
