Ackerley Communications, Inc. v. City of Seattle

Decided November 21, 1979. Charles T. Wright wrote the opinion for the court.

602 P.2d 1177 · Cited 54 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• State v. Lotze · 593 P.2d 811
• Lange v. Town of Woodway · 483 P.2d 116
• Aircraft & Diesel Equipment Corp. v. Hirsch · 331 U.S. 752
• Markham Advertising Co. v. State · 439 P.2d 248
• Modjeska Sign Studios, Inc. v. Berle · 43 N.Y.2d 468
• Suffolk Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Hulse · 43 N.Y.2d 483
• Sorenson v. City of Bellingham · 496 P.2d 512
• Diversified Industries Development Corp. v. Ripley · 514 P.2d 137
• Washington Natural Gas Co. v. Public Utility District No. 1 · 459 P.2d 633
• DeGrief v. City of Seattle · 297 P.2d 940
• State Ex Rel. Distilled Spirits Institute, Inc. v. Kinnear · 492 P.2d 1012
• State Ex Rel. O'Connell v. Port of Seattle · 399 P.2d 623
• Scott Paper Co. v. City of Anacortes · 578 P.2d 1292
• Washington State Highway Commission v. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. · 367 P.2d 605
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 529 P.2d 438
• State Ex Rel. Yakima Amusement Co. v. Yakima County · 73 P.2d 759
• Yakima County Clean Air Authority v. Glascam Builders, Inc. · 534 P.2d 33
• State v. Smith · 564 P.2d 1154
• Bare v. Gorton · 526 P.2d 379
• Seattle First National Bank v. Crosby · 254 P.2d 732
• City of Flint v. Consumers Power Co. · 287 N.W. 475
• City of Kirkland v. Steen · 416 P.2d 80

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