Oscar Raymond Holcomb
Oscar Raymond Holcomb (December 31, 1869 – September 14, 1948) was an American lawyer, and justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1915 to 1927, and again from 1927 to 1939.[2] Following law school, Holcomb engaged in private practice in Evansville, Indiana, before moving to Tacoma, Washington, in March 1894, and then in April 1894 to Ritzville, where he lived for the next for 15 years.[2] He was a City Councilman of Ritzville, Washington, for several terms;[3] and was a member of the school board and the county electrical utility.[4] In 1908, he was elected judge of the state Superior Court for Adams, Franklin and Benton Counties, taking office in 1909, and was re-elected in 1912.In the case of St. Germain v. Bakery and Confectionery Workers' Union of Seattle (1917),[7] the Supreme Court upheld in an 8–1 opinion an anti-picketing law, with Holcomb as the sole hold out.