2018 Year in Review: Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson Has Been Busy
We crunch the numbers on lawsuit filings, wins, losses and more
By Maggie Kerr December 3, 2018
This article originally appeared in the December 2018 issue of Seattle magazine.
This article appears in print in the December 2018 issue, as part of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe.
Since Donald Trump took office in 2017, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has been busy filing lawsuits against the administration on everything from the original travel ban to preserving net neutrality. Here’s how the numbers look so far.
13
The number of lawsuits filed by Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson against the Trump administration in 2018*
32
The number filed since 2017
Zero
Number of losses
Seven
Number of wins
Seven
Number of wins pending appeal
Six
Still pending (led by Washington state)
Twelve
Still pending (multistate)
*As of press time
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