Seattle Bar Association
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- Mar 6, 1886The Seattle Bar Confronts Its OwnA committee of influential attorneys seeks to disbar colleagues Junius Rochester and George Venable Smith for their roles in the violent expulsion of Seattle's Chinese population.Seattle, WA
- Feb 8, 1887The Seattle Legal Crisis of 1887When an error in the law's title threatened to invalidate every court order in the territory, the Seattle Bar Association gathered to decide if the wheels of justice had ground to a halt.Mill Street, Seattle, WA
- Aug 21, 1888The Unsung Tragedy of the Central OfficeWhen the Chief Justice of the Washington Territory fell mortally ill in Seattle, a critical delay in emergency medical aid—caused by a lethargic telephone operator—sealed his fate.Seattle, WA