Charles Thomas Wright (March 7, 1911 – November 6, 1980)[1][2][3] was a justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 1971 until his death in 1980.
Born in Washington, his father was Thurston-Mason County Superior Court judge D. F. Wright, and his mother was "one of the first women admitted to the state bar".
[3] Wright received an undergraduate degree from the College of Puget Sound, and then studied law at the University of Washington.
[3] In 1970, Wright defeated the incumbent Morell Edward Sharp, who had been appointed to fill an unexpired term on the state supreme court.
[3] Wright and his wife, Helen, had one son, and were foster parents to 17 children.