Richard B. Sanders

By order of a majority of the Supreme Court, the following opinions were not published and are readily available to the public for the first time here. In the latter part of his dissent in the Guardianship Estate of Keffeler case, Justice Sanders explains why all opinions from this court should be published.

Memorandum Opinion of Justice Richard Sanders and Order Denying Motion for Recusal

• Statement of the Washington Supreme Court in Recognition of George Washington, February 1997
• In re Welfare of AmyAnn J.R. (dissenting from order of the court denying attorney fees to attorney representing indigent mother)
• State v. American Tobacco Co. (concurring in order denying tobacco company's motion to recuse a Supreme Court justice for political statements justice had made as legislator against tobacco industry)
• In re Detention of Rogers (dissenting from order denying review on the merits of case involving commitment to the Special Commitment Center for "Sexually Violent Predators")
• Vargas v. Lehman (dissenting from order denying petitioner's motion for stay of execution in State v. Sagastegui)
• In re Garen, Bar Applicant, Bar Application 61 (dissenting from order denying application to practice law)
• In re Trapp, Bar Applicant (dissenting from order denying application to practice law)
• Baker Commodities, Inc. v. City of Tukwila (concurring in this denial of a petition for review of an unpublished Court of Appeals opinion)
• Guardianship Estate of Keffeler v. Department of Social and Health Services (dissenting from order remanding case to trial court for special fact finding hearing)
• In re the Personal Restraint of Richard H. Mutch (dissenting from order denying petitioner's motions)
• In re the Personal Restraint of Curtis Solomon (concurring opinion to order denying motion to modify)