King County Superior Court, the largest trial court in Washington state, is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle.
The court has (as of April 2008) 52 judges who have general jurisdiction to hear major civil and criminal cases.
Famous quotes containing the words king, county, superior and/or court:
“There is no king or sovereign state
That can fix a hero’s rate;
Each to all is venerable.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In the county there are thirty-seven churches
and no butcher shop. This could be taken
as a matter of all form and no content.”
—Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)
“The superior person can find peace in poverty; the philosophical mind accepts the will of Heaven.”
—Chinese proverb.
“A friend i’the court is better than a penny in purse.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)