SANDERS v. STATE

No. 80393-5.

207 P.3d 1245 (2009)

Honorable Richard B. SANDERS, as Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, Petitioner, v. STATE of Washington, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Lawrence, Matthew J. Segal, Gregory J. Wong, K & L Gates LLP, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Peter R. Jarvis, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Portland, OR, Timothy George Leyh, Randall Thor Thomsen, Danielson Harrigan Leyh & Tollefson LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


THOMPSON, J.*

¶ 1 Justice Richard Sanders seeks review of the Court of Appeals decision that the State has no duty to defend him or to reimburse him for attorney fees he incurred in defending himself before the Commission on Judicial Conduct. At issue is whether the State is required to defend a judge who is alleged to have committed an ethics violation while otherwise within the purview of his or her official duties.

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