Alexis Krell: WA Supreme Court throws out think tank s attack on union political activity
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/23/2021 Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 23 The Freedom Foundation failed to meet a deadline in several campaign finance lawsuits it brought against unions, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in a recent 5-4 decision.
The conservative nonprofit think tank alleged to the attorney general and prosecutors that the unions had violated Washington s Fair Campaign Practices Act by not reporting money spent on political activity.
After the government didn t take enforcement action, the Freedom Foundation filed so-called citizen actions, in Superior Court, but not within a deadline required by state law at the time, a majority of the state s high court ruled.
Alexis Krell: Supreme Court rules in case of woman whose home was mistakenly raided by Tacoma police
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/29/2021 Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 28 The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Thursday to reinstate a verdict that awarded $250,000 to a woman whose home was mistakenly raided by Tacoma police a decade ago.
Jurors found police were negligent in failing to verify information from an informant about where a suspected drug dealer they were looking for lived before they raided Kathleen Mancini s Federal Way home in 2011.
The Court Appeals overturned the $250,000 judgment last year. The Supreme Court reinstated the jury s verdict in a 8-1 opinion.