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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Concerning the proposed
rule change re citation of unpublished opinions, see:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/25/2016 9:55 AM, Josh Grant wrote:<br>
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<div>I agree with Tom.</div>
<div>There was a statewide AOC, I think, survey taken of
judges last summer, but since that happened, I haven’t seen
anything about a rule change being proposed/considered
and/or a comment period. Has anyone else?</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR:
#000000">Joshua F. Grant, PS<br>
Attorney at Law<br>
P. O. Box 619<br>
Wilbur, WA 99185<br>
tel 509 647 5578<br>
fax 509 647 2734<br>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a
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title="thomas.henry.white@gmail.com"
href="mailto:thomas.henry.white@gmail.com">Tom White</a>
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 24, 2016 5:03 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com"
href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBA Probate
& Trust Listserv</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Harmful nonprofit
governance opinion</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Practically, you should be able to cite to
unpublished opinions because (1) there is a relative
dearth of case law in Washington compared to other
jurisdictions whose well-established legal systems make
them ideal for the transaction of business and
choice-of-law selections; (2) it promotes the interests of
justice and uniformity in decision-making through the
development of case law along common law principles; (3)
it reduces unnecessary duplication of judicial effort,
because somebody has already figured out how the law
should apply to similar facts; and (4) it will not have a
negative impact on the administration of justice. <br>
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Nobody is ever going to cite to an unpublished opinion if
there is a published one available, and the unpublished
opinions will not have nearly the same weight as a
published opinion from Washington state. </div>
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