Author: Charles H. Sheldon
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Five men met in Olympia on November 11, 1889 as Washington's first state supreme court. They selected Walla Walla's Thomas Anders as chief and immediately began ruling on issues that affected every Washingtonian. Over the course of more than a century, seventy-five other jurists followed them to Washington's high bench, balancing legislative and executive authority, establishing legal precedents, and guiding Washington's judicial branch of government. In that time, the Washington Supreme Court made several landmark decisions of national significance. But even in its more routine decision-making, the court ruled in ways that directly influenced the lives of every individual in the state. Every student understands the significance of the state's diversified, tripartite government. And most recognize that individuals often cast important shadows. There have been studies of governors and legislators, but the supreme court has largely remained a nameless and faceless body, its justices screened from general view. That is, until now. Charles H. Sheldon breathes life and personality into the high bench, providing concise, honest, and highly readable biographical sketches of each of the court's eighty jurists. He introduces his work with four chapters that place the court and its often colorful individual jurists into an analytical framework. "It is of vital importance that citizens of this state learn about the important work of the supreme court and the people who perform it", former Justice Vernon Pearson writes in his foreword. Charles Sheldon has now provided the state's residents with the information they need for such an understanding.
The Washington High Bench
Author: Charles H. Sheldon
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Five men met in Olympia on November 11, 1889 as Washington's first state supreme court. They selected Walla Walla's Thomas Anders as chief and immediately began ruling on issues that affected every Washingtonian. Over the course of more than a century, seventy-five other jurists followed them to Washington's high bench, balancing legislative and executive authority, establishing legal precedents, and guiding Washington's judicial branch of government. In that time, the Washington Supreme Court made several landmark decisions of national significance. But even in its more routine decision-making, the court ruled in ways that directly influenced the lives of every individual in the state. Every student understands the significance of the state's diversified, tripartite government. And most recognize that individuals often cast important shadows. There have been studies of governors and legislators, but the supreme court has largely remained a nameless and faceless body, its justices screened from general view. That is, until now. Charles H. Sheldon breathes life and personality into the high bench, providing concise, honest, and highly readable biographical sketches of each of the court's eighty jurists. He introduces his work with four chapters that place the court and its often colorful individual jurists into an analytical framework. "It is of vital importance that citizens of this state learn about the important work of the supreme court and the people who perform it", former Justice Vernon Pearson writes in his foreword. Charles Sheldon has now provided the state's residents with the information they need for such an understanding.
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Five men met in Olympia on November 11, 1889 as Washington's first state supreme court. They selected Walla Walla's Thomas Anders as chief and immediately began ruling on issues that affected every Washingtonian. Over the course of more than a century, seventy-five other jurists followed them to Washington's high bench, balancing legislative and executive authority, establishing legal precedents, and guiding Washington's judicial branch of government. In that time, the Washington Supreme Court made several landmark decisions of national significance. But even in its more routine decision-making, the court ruled in ways that directly influenced the lives of every individual in the state. Every student understands the significance of the state's diversified, tripartite government. And most recognize that individuals often cast important shadows. There have been studies of governors and legislators, but the supreme court has largely remained a nameless and faceless body, its justices screened from general view. That is, until now. Charles H. Sheldon breathes life and personality into the high bench, providing concise, honest, and highly readable biographical sketches of each of the court's eighty jurists. He introduces his work with four chapters that place the court and its often colorful individual jurists into an analytical framework. "It is of vital importance that citizens of this state learn about the important work of the supreme court and the people who perform it", former Justice Vernon Pearson writes in his foreword. Charles Sheldon has now provided the state's residents with the information they need for such an understanding.
The Bench and Bar of Washington, the First Fifty Years, 1849-1900
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Languages : en
Pages : 101
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Pages : 101
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The Bench and Bar of Washington
Author: Arthur Sydney Beardsley
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
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Indianapolis Washington High School and the West Side
Author: Eddie Bopp
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452074216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The 68 year existence of Indianapolis Washington High School is described in a decade-by-decade history with an emphasis on people and athletics as well as focusing on individuals from the World War II and Vietnam eras. The varied lists of both a factual and subjective nature will be of interest to many in central Indiana.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452074216
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The 68 year existence of Indianapolis Washington High School is described in a decade-by-decade history with an emphasis on people and athletics as well as focusing on individuals from the World War II and Vietnam eras. The varied lists of both a factual and subjective nature will be of interest to many in central Indiana.
Twice-told Tales
Author: John N. Rupp
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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History of Washington Academy and Bench and Bar of Washington County, New York
Author: William Henry Hill
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Category : Washington County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Category : Washington County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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The Bench and Bar of Washington
Author: Arthur Sydney Beardsley
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
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Bench and Bar of Washington County
Author: James Gibson
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Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
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Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
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Index to the Washington Bench & Bar Clippings
Author: Brandy Whittington
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Washington Senior High School annual
Author: Washington High School (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
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Category : High schools
Languages : en
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Category : High schools
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