Bowles v. Department of Retirement Systems

Decided April 29, 1993. Charles W. Johnson wrote the opinion for the court.

847 P.2d 440 · Cited 182 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.

• Washington Ass'n of County Officials v. Washington Public Employees' Retirement System Board · 575 P.2d 230
• Bakenhus v. City of Seattle · 296 P.2d 536
• Noah v. State · 774 P.2d 516
• Seattle School District No. 1 v. State · 585 P.2d 71
• Wash. Fed'n of State Employees Council 28 v. State · 658 P.2d 634
• Painting & Decorating Contractors of America, Inc. v. Ellensburg School District · 638 P.2d 1220
• Miotke v. City of Spokane · 678 P.2d 803
• Arneman v. Arneman · 264 P.2d 256
• Leischner v. Alldridge · 790 P.2d 1234
• City of Marysville v. State · 676 P.2d 989
• Bowers v. Transamerica Title Insurance · 675 P.2d 193
• State v. Elliott · 785 P.2d 440
• Schmidt v. Cornerstone Investments, Inc. · 795 P.2d 1143
• State v. Fjermestad · 791 P.2d 897
• Reichelt v. Johns-Manville Corp. · 733 P.2d 530
• Hibbard v. Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca & O'Hern · 826 P.2d 690
• Swanson v. Liquid Air Corporation · 826 P.2d 664
• White v. Johns-Manville Corp. · 693 P.2d 687
• Everett Concrete Products, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries · 748 P.2d 1112
• In Re the Estate of Little · 721 P.2d 950
• Weiss v. Bruno · 523 P.2d 915
• Department of Revenue v. Puget Sound Power & Light Co. · 694 P.2d 7
• In Re GNC Shareholder Litigation: All Actions · 668 F. Supp. 450
• State Ex Rel. State Employees' Retirement Board v. Yelle · 201 P.2d 172

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• Pasco v. Department of Retirement Systems · 42 P.3d 992
• Lenander v. Department of Retirement Systems · 186 Wash. 2d 393
• City of Pasco v. Department Retirement Systems · 110 Wash. App. 582
• FEDERATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES v. State · 26 P.3d 1003
• Washington Federation of State Employees v. State · 107 Wash. App. 241
• Guardianship Estate of Keffeler v. DSHS · 32 P.3d 267
• City of Sequim v. Malkasian · 157 Wash. 2d 251
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• Winters v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 31 P.3d 1164
• Winters v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 144 Wash. 2d 869
• Mike M. Johnson, Inc. v. County of Spokane · 78 P.3d 161
• Herring v. DEPT. OF SOC. AND HEALTH SERV. · 914 P.2d 67
• Pierce County v. State · 148 P.3d 1002
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• Grabicki v. Department of Retirement Systems · 916 P.2d 452
• Echo Bay v. Dept. of Natural Resources · 160 P.3d 1083
• Guardianship Estate of Keffeler v. Department of Social & Health Services · 145 Wash. 2d 1
• Belling v. Wash. State Emp't SEC. Dep't · 427 P.3d 611
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