In the fall of 2001 I participated as a presenter at a continuing legal education seminar sponsored by the Washington Courts Historical Society. The event focused on a number of landmark cases that over the years have gone from Washington's trial courts to the state supreme court and, in a few instances, to the United States Supreme Court. I had the honor of presenting on a Chelan County case.... It arose out of a lawsuit maintained by an ordinary Washingtonian of modest means who was not, by any measure, in a position of influence in her community. This person was simply seeking what most litigants want—to have the court fairly apply the law. More...