Frank Vulliet

Frank Vulliet ran for Position 4 on the Washington Supreme Court in 2008. He challenged James Beecher and incumbent Justice Charles Johnson.

Education

Vulliet earned a B.A. from the University of Washington and a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law..

2008 Supreme Court election

Candidate	Incumbent	Seat	Primary %	Election %
Charles W. Johnson A	Yes	Position #4	59.2%	100%
James Beecher	No	Position #4	30.4%
Frank Vulliet	No	Position #4	10.4%

Candidate Statement

"I want to improve the quality and output of decisions from the Supreme Court and lower courts and increase efficiency in our judicial system. The first goal can be accomplished through intellectual honesty ensuring all decisions accurately describe the facts and the issues the parties present, not something of a court’s creation. A decision that does not meet these standards does not decide the case presented, but one of the Court’s creation. The end result may or may not be just. Unfortunately, only the parties and their lawyers usually realize this. Moreover, gross (and easily avoided) errors by a court leads to more litigation and additional, avoidable cost to the parties and the taxpayer. I will work to implement a meaningful evaluation system of appellate judges so citizens can cast their votes intelligently and with understanding. I will urge the Court to take up and decide more cases, particularly involving differences between Court of Appeals divisions. Leaving such issues undecided leaves uncertainty as to the law and creates unnecessary and/or more costly litigation. The number of cases decided by the Supreme Court today is far lower than in the past when there were only seven Justices with less staff and without the advantages of computer research and word processing."

See also

• Washington
• Washington Supreme Court elections

External links

• Voting for Judges