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CITY OF SPOKANE v. ROTHWELL

Nos. 25316-3-III, 25317-1-III.

170 P.3d 1205 (2007)

CITY OF SPOKANE, Respondent, v. Lawrence J. ROTHWELL, Petitioner. City of Spokane, Respondent, v. Henry E. SMITH, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

November 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breean Lawrence Beggs, Center for Justice, Spokane, WA, for Petitioner.

Michelle Dimond Szambelan, City Attorneys Office, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.

SWEENEY, C.J.

¶ 1 Spokane county voters elect district court judges. But those judges also preside over Spokane city municipal cases, with the judges sitting as "municipal court judges" by designation. This is despite the fact that state statute mandates that only city voters may select municipal judges. And all of the Spokane County district court judges are designated as part-time municipal judges despite another state statute that requires designation of municipal...

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