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                           RULE 4
          TERMS AND SESSIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

    The regular terms of the Supreme Court shall be held in
the Supreme Court, the Temple of Justice, at the capital,
beginning on the second Monday of January, the second Monday
of May, and the second Monday of September each year. The
court will not sit for the regular hearing of cases in July
and August.
    Sessions of the court shall commence at 9 a.m. or at
such other time as the court may order.
    At the direction of the Chief Justice, sessions of the
Supreme Court may be held outside Olympia at other locations
in the state of Washington. The times and places of such
sessions will be designated by the court.
    Hearings en banc, rehearings, and special hearings may
be set by the court in its discretion at such other times as
the court may order.
	

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