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Court of Appeals Election Case: Reply filed, hearing in days
The court will consider a simple motion for partial summary judgkment on Friday in the Thurston County Superior Court in Olympia. Judge Richard D. Hicks will hear the motion.
The motion? Simply whether the one person one vote applies to the election of judges to the Washington Court of Appeals. If it does, how we elect judges to the Court of Appeals will dramatically change. Here is the Reply Brief of the Plaintiff — there are usually three briefs on such summary judgment motions — opening brief, response brief and reply brief. That’s it.
Friday should be an interesting day, one way or the other. One of the reasons why the case has interest is that it is a case of “first impression.” This means that no court in the State of Washington, or anywhere for that matter, has considered the issue. The judge’s decision will be the first time the “mind of man, has been applied to the issue.” My words.