State Supreme Court / Wash.

Berger v. Sonneland

Decided July 5, 2001. Charles Z. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

26 P.3d 257 · Cited 186 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Young v. Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 770 P.2d 182
Harris v. Groth · 663 P.2d 113
Branom v. State · 974 P.2d 335
Bennett v. Department of Labor & Industries · 627 P.2d 104
Reese v. Stroh · 907 P.2d 282
Syrovy v. Alpine Resources, Inc. · 859 P.2d 51
Mt. Park Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Tydings · 883 P.2d 1383
Hunsley v. Giard · 553 P.2d 1096
Western Telepage, Inc. v. City of Tacoma · 998 P.2d 884
Nord v. Shoreline Savings Ass'n · 805 P.2d 800
Caughell v. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound · 876 P.2d 898
Folsom v. Burger King · 958 P.2d 301
Folsom v. Burger King · 135 Wash. 2d 658
State v. Smith · 814 P.2d 652
Western Telepage, Inc. v. City of Tacoma Department of Financing · 140 Wash. 2d 599
Marzolf v. Stone · 960 P.2d 424
Hegel v. McMahon · 136 Wash. 2d 122
Whatcom County v. City of Bellingham · 909 P.2d 1303
Lamon v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. · 588 P.2d 1346
Sidis v. Brodie/Dohrmann, Inc. · 815 P.2d 781
Douglas v. Bussabarger · 438 P.2d 829
State v. McCraw · 898 P.2d 838
Enterprise Leasing, Inc. v. City of Tacoma · 139 Wash. 2d 546
Shoreline Community College District No. 7 v. Employment Security Department · 842 P.2d 938
State v. Pacheco · 882 P.2d 183

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Eugster v. City of Spokane · 118 Wash. App. 383
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State v. Swanson · 116 Wash. App. 67

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