State Ex Rel. Wallen v. Noe

This is an appeal from an order of the King County Superior Court which held unconstitutional, and therefore enjoined the enforcement of, Justice Court Traffic Rules (JTR) T2.03, T2.06 (b)(2) and the Seattle Traffic Code sections 21.06.280 and 21.06.320. These provisions generally authorize the creation of traffic violations bureaus and uniform traffic bail schedules to assist the municipal courts in the administrative matters relating to traffic law violations. The trial court declared unconstitutional the implicit requirement in these sections that bail be deposited before a charged and…