Washington Court of Appeals

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intermediate appellate court state court

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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Washington Court of Appeals canonical	7

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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	appellate court ⓘ
createdTo	alleviate caseload of the Washington Supreme Court ⓘ
decisionsReviewableBy	Washington Supreme Court ⓘ
Division I seat	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Seattle, Washington
Division II seat	Tacoma, Washington ⓘ
Division III seat	Spokane, Washington ⓘ
establishedBy	Washington State Legislature ⓘ
establishedInYear	1969 ⓘ
governingLaw	Revised Code of Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington Revised Code Constitution of the State of Washington ⓘ surface form: 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	Washington State, United States ⓘ surface form: 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) ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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 ⓘ

Judicial branch of Washington (state) → hasIntermediateAppellateCourt → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ

Constitution of the State of Washington → judicialBodyEstablished → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ

Washington superior courts → appealsGoTo → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ

Cowlitz County Superior Court → hearsAppealsTo → Washington Court of Appeals ⓘ