Washington Court of Appeals

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The Washington Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Washington State’s judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential review by the Washington Supreme Court.

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Label Occurrences
Washington Court of Appeals canonical 17

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intermediate appellate court ⓘ
state court ⓘ
appealsFrom Washington superior courts ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Washington State government ⓘ
citationStyle Wn. App. ⓘ
composition judges sitting in panels ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtType appellate court ⓘ
createdTo alleviate caseload of the Washington Supreme Court ⓘ
decisionsReviewableBy Washington Supreme Court ⓘ
Division I seat Seattle, Washington ⓘ
Division II seat Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
Division III seat Spokane, Washington ⓘ
establishedBy Washington State Legislature ⓘ
establishedInYear 1969 ⓘ
governingLaw Washington Revised Code ⓘ
Washington State Constitution ⓘ
hasAuthority to affirm lower court decisions ⓘ
to remand cases to lower courts ⓘ
to reverse lower court decisions ⓘ
hasDivision Division I ⓘ
Division II ⓘ
Division III ⓘ
hears administrative agency appeals ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
higherCourt Washington Supreme Court ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Washington ⓘ
levelInJudiciary intermediate ⓘ
location Olympia, Washington ⓘ
mayReview certain decisions of state administrative boards ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
panelSize typically three judges ⓘ
partOf Judicial branch of Washington State ⓘ
precedentBindingOn Washington State trial courts within its division ⓘ
publishes written opinions ⓘ
reviews decisions of Washington State trial courts ⓘ
selectionMethod nonpartisan election ⓘ
subjectMatter state law issues ⓘ
termLength six years ⓘ
websiteType official court website ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington Supreme Court → isHigherCourtOf → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Government of Washington (state) → hasCourt → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Judicial branch of Washington (state) → includes → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Washington superior courts → appealsGoTo → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Cowlitz County Superior Court → hearsAppealsTo → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Spokane County Superior Court → appealsTo → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
RCW Title 2 → appliesTo → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Washington Administrative Office of the Courts → supports → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Washington Rules of Appellate Procedure → governsCourt → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Washington State courts → hasAppellateCourt → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Wn. App. → associatedWithCourt → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Division III → partOf → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Division III → hasParentCourt → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Washington appellate courts → hasComponent → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ
Washington appellate courts → intermediateCourt → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ