Judge Sullivan
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- Aug 1, 1893The Tragedy of the McDonald FamilyA destitute family in Colfax is dismantled by the courts after years of poverty, illness, and local infamy.Colfax, WA
- Jan 4, 1894A Banker's Day of Reckoning in Walla WallaA local savings bank president is charged with larceny and receives a stinging rebuke from the bench over his bond amount.Walla Walla, WA
- Feb 1, 1895She Took the Bar Exam Beside Her Husband — and Became Whitman County's First Woman LawyerW. H. Harvey and his wife, E. M. Harvey, of Pullman, pass their oral examinations in Colfax, making Mrs. Harvey the first woman admitted to practice law in Whitman County.Colfax, WA
- Nov 16, 1907A Spokane Judge Blows Smoke Through Washington’s Cigarette BanThe state’s new cigarette prohibition was unconstitutional, Judge Sullivan ruled, because a law titled as regulation could not impose outright prohibition.Spokane, WA
- Oct 1, 1908After the Mill Burned, the Neighbors Got Their Day in CourtA Spokane judge orders White Pine Lumber to pay four homeowners for a 1905 fire, while the company's failed suit against Great Northern leaves perjury charges in its wake.Spokane, WA
- Oct 28, 1909Newport Saloons Lose the First Round in the Dry FightA Spokane judge upheld the town's local-option election, forcing saloon owners to amend their challenge—while the anti-saloon league plotted a dry Washington.Newport, WA
- Nov 25, 1909Newport's Saloonkeepers Take Their Dry-Election Fight to the State Supreme CourtThe men who lost the local option vote on September 7 say the petition was short on valid signatures. Twice now the town's lawyers have knocked the case down in Judge Sullivan's court, and an appeal to the state supreme court looks certain.Newport, WA
- Dec 9, 1909Newport Goes DryAs local saloons shutter their doors, proprietors weigh their next moves and threaten legal action over license refunds.Newport, WA