William C. Goodloe

In the early 1990s, Goodloe set up a group called "Morality in Youth", to oppose a plan by the Seattle School District to distribute contraception in public schools.

Goodloe twice attempted to run for the US Senate. In 1988, he entered the Republican primary against Slade Gorton, receiving around 3% of the vote. In January 1992, Goodloe challenged Democratic Senator Brock Adams as a third-party candidate, representing the Washington Taxpayers Party, which he had established in 1991.

He served on the King County Superior Court for twelve years and served for three and a half years on the Washington State Supreme Court from January 14, 1985 to July 17, 1988, after winning a contested election. While on the Supreme Court, Justice Goodloe authored 56 majority opinions with 12 concurrences and 34 dissents. He resigned his position before the end of his first term.

Goodloe served in the Washington State Senate as a Republican from 1951 to 1959, and later headed the 1962 World's Fair committee. He also served as the chairman of the Washington State Republican Party from 1960 to 1962.

William Goodloe was born in Lexington, Kentucky. After graduating from the University of Washington School of Law in 1948, he went on to practice as a trial lawyer for 24 years.

William Cassius Goodloe III (September 19, 1919 – January 18, 1997) was an American lawyer, politician and judge, who served as chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1985 to 1988.