How do judges of the Washington Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Washington Supreme Court / Joined 1946 / Served to 1947

Edward M. Connelly

Justice, Washington Supreme Court

Edward M. Connelly was a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1946. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1892–1947
Tenure: 1946–1947 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1946	Washington Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Gonzaga University
Gonzaga University

Judicial Record

In our data, Connelly authored 7 published opinions for the court (1946–1947), plus 11 dissents. Most cited: Evans v. Metropolitan Life Insurance (47 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1946	Evans v. Metropolitan Life Insurance· Dissent	174 P.2d 961	47
1946	State v. Payne· Dissent	171 P.2d 227	36
1946	McCarty v. King County Medical Service Corp.	175 P.2d 653	28
1946	Jennings v. D'Hooghe· Dissent	172 P.2d 189	28
1947	Yeck v. Department of Labor & Industries	176 P.2d 359	27
1947	State Ex Rel. Laughlin v. Washington State Bar Ass'n	176 P.2d 301	27
1946	State Ex Rel. Pennick v. Hall· Dissent	173 P.2d 153	26
1947	State Ex Rel. Troy v. Yelle· Dissent	176 P.2d 459	24
1946	State v. Hart· Dissent	175 P.2d 944	23
1946	Duncan v. Duncan· Dissent	172 P.2d 210	23
1946	State Ex Rel. Marthens v. Superior Court	169 P.2d 626	22
1947	State v. Brown	176 P.2d 293	19
1946	Turpen v. Johnson	175 P.2d 495	19
1946	Leo v. Local Union No. 612 of International Union of Operating Engineers· Dissent	174 P.2d 523	17
1946	Boeing Aircraft Co. v. Department of Labor & Industries	173 P.2d 164	16

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Washington Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Edward M. Connelly on?: Edward M. Connelly was a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court.

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1 year on the Washington Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).