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A Ninth Circuit panel pushed back Friday against a remand bid from the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe in its lawsuit seeking to block the operation of a Seattle hydroelectric dam, with the judges indicating the case should be kept in federal court because it affects the dam's federal license.

The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday signaled that the city of Spokane's requirement to publicly negotiate municipal union contracts could violate the state's collective-bargaining law, questioning whether the city's charter pre-decides an issue that should itself be negotiated.

A Washington federal judge has tossed several lawsuits brought by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United accusing counties of rigging election results for the 2020 presidential race in favor of President Joe Biden, ruling that the plaintiffs lack standing to allege voting right violations because they don't have a personal stake distinct from a "generalized grievance" against the government.

Georgia-Pacific LLC should be responsible for environmental cleanup at a Washington paper mill that was sold more than three decades ago, Nippon Paper Industries USA said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington federal court, accusing the fellow papermaker of violating an asset purchase agreement for the mill.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accused of engaging in a "pattern of delay and inaction" surrounding its obligation to address chronic and dangerous air pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in Washington federal court by a coalition of environmental groups including the Sierra Club.

A Washington state judge has been reprimanded by the state's judicial conduct commission for using the N-word during a Zoom videoconference call with court staff and for referring to a court employee who is Black as someone who "loves watermelon."

The Washington Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether an outside hearing officer should settle a dispute between the insurance industry and the state's insurance regulator, questioning whether the high court should even weigh in before an administrative hearing process is complete.

Facebook's parent company intentionally violated a Washington law that requires advertising platforms to publicly disclose detailed information about political ads, a Washington state judge ruled Friday, saying that the law does not infringe the social media company's free speech rights.

A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday questioned whether the federal government can deny Medicaid funding for dental services to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington because a state law bars nontribal Medicaid patients from accessing the tribal clinic.

Construction company Flatiron West Inc. has filed a $6 million breach of contract suit in Washington federal court accusing insurance company Assicurazioni Generali SPA of refusing to pay substantial amounts of a claim related to sewage pumps that were damaged during a 2020 King County wastewater treatment project.