City of Seattle v. State

Decided January 11, 1985. Carolyn R. Dimmick wrote the opinion for the court.

694 P.2d 641 · Cited 75 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.

• Seattle School District No. 1 v. State · 585 P.2d 71
• Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · 397 U.S. 150
• Martin v. Tollefson · 163 P.2d 594
• Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh · 207 U.S. 161
• Aetna Life Insurance v. Washington Life & Disability Insurance Guaranty Ass'n · 520 P.2d 162
• Curtis v. Board of Supervisors · 501 P.2d 537
• State v. Laitinen · 459 P.2d 789
• Torres v. Village of Capitan · 582 P.2d 1277
• Foster v. Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District · 102 Wash. 2d 395
• Washington Natural Gas Co. v. Public Utility District No. 1 · 459 P.2d 633
• Save a Valuable Environment v. City of Bothell · 576 P.2d 401
• Deputy Sheriff's Ass'n v. Board of Commissioners for Yakima County · 601 P.2d 936
• State v. Anderson · 501 P.2d 184
• Equitable Shipyards, Inc. v. State · 611 P.2d 396
• Port of Tacoma v. Parosa · 324 P.2d 438
• Vovos v. Grant · 555 P.2d 1343
• Wagner v. Bartz · 287 P.2d 119
• State v. McCarter · 588 P.2d 745
• Snohomish County Board of Equalization v. Washington State Department of Revenue · 493 P.2d 1012
• Miller v. City of Pasco · 310 P.2d 863
• International Tracers of America v. Estate of Hard · 89 Wash. 2d 140
• Hoppe v. King County · 622 P.2d 845
• Township of Jefferson v. City of West Carrollton · 517 F. Supp. 417
• Mayor and Council of City of Dover v. Kelley · 327 A.2d 748

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• Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake · 42 P.3d 394
• Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake · 145 Wash. 2d 702
• Port of Seattle v. PCHB · 90 P.3d 659
• Port of Seattle v. Pollution Control Hearings Board · 151 Wash. 2d 568
• GRANT CTY. FIRE PROT. DIST. v. City of Moses Lake · 83 P.3d 419
• Tunstall Ex Rel. Tunstall v. Bergeson · 5 P.3d 691
• Island County v. State · 955 P.2d 377
• Brower v. State · 969 P.2d 42
• Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake · 150 Wash. 2d 791
• Tunstall v. Bergeson · 141 Wash. 2d 201
• Island County v. State · 135 Wash. 2d 141
• Brower v. State · 137 Wash. 2d 44
• Locke v. City of Seattle · 172 P.3d 705
• Snyder v. Munro · 721 P.2d 962
• City of Snoqualmie v. King County Executive Dow Constantine · 187 Wash. 2d 289
• Walker v. Munro · 879 P.2d 920
• Guimont v. Clarke · 854 P.2d 1
• CLEAN v. State · 130 Wash. 2d 782
• Locke v. City of Seattle · 162 Wash. 2d 474
• Clean v. State · 928 P.2d 1054
• Haberman v. Washington Public Power Supply System · 750 P.2d 254
• Yakima County (West Valley) Fire Protection District No. 12 v. City of Yakima · 858 P.2d 245
• O'DAY v. King County · 749 P.2d 142
• Kendall v. Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, & Okanogan Counties Public Hospital District No. 6 · 820 P.2d 497
• Madison v. State · 163 P.3d 757

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