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Washington Supreme Court / Joined 1967 / Served to 1972

Marshall Allen Neill

Justice, Washington Supreme Court

Marshall Allen Neill was a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1967. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1914–1979
Tenure: 1967–1972 · 5 yrs
Education: Western Washington 1935

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	Washington Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Washington State University
University of Idaho
Western Washington University	B.A.	1935

Judicial Record

In our data, Neill authored 32 published opinions for the court (1968–1972), plus 25 dissents and 25 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Davis (162 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 82 of these were attributed to Neill by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1968	State v. Davis†	438 P.2d 185	162
1969	Ulmer v. Ford Motor Co.· Concurrence†	452 P.2d 729	144
1972	Buell v. City of Bremerton· Dissent†	495 P.2d 1358	142
1972	Touchette v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance· Concurrence†	494 P.2d 479	131
1969	State v. Adams†	458 P.2d 558	107
1970	Maynard Inv. Co., Inc. v. McCann· Dissent†	465 P.2d 657	103
1972	Fleming v. City of Tacoma· Concurrence†	502 P.2d 327	96
1972	Siegler v. Kuhlman· Dissent†	502 P.2d 1181	94
1972	ZeBarth v. Swedish Hospital Medical Center· Dissent†	499 P.2d 1	83
1971	State v. Roth· Dissent†	479 P.2d 55	81
1970	Jacoby v. Grays Harbor Chair & Mfg. Co.†	468 P.2d 666	80
1969	Halvorson v. Birchfield Boiler, Inc.†	458 P.2d 897	73
1971	Zukowsky v. Brown†	488 P.2d 269	69
1971	James v. Robeck· Dissent†	490 P.2d 878	68
1972	Barber v. Bankers Life & Casualty Co.· Dissent†	500 P.2d 88	67

Showing the 15 most-cited of 82 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Washington Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Marshall Allen Neill on?: Marshall Allen Neill was a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court.

Sources

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5 years on the Washington Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).