State Supreme Court / Wash.

Cowles Publishing Co. v. State Patrol

Decided January 7, 1988. James Morgan Dolliver wrote the opinion for the court.

748 P.2d 597 · Cited 106 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.

Barfield v. City of Seattle · 676 P.2d 438
Rhinehart v. Seattle Times Co. · 654 P.2d 673
Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe · 580 P.2d 246
In Re Rosier · 717 P.2d 1353
Thorndike v. Hesperian Orchards, Inc. · 343 P.2d 183
Mark v. Seattle Times · 635 P.2d 1081
DeGrief v. City of Seattle · 297 P.2d 940
Certification From Federal Court in New York Life Insurance v. Jones · 541 P.2d 989
Seattle Police Officers' Guild v. City of Seattle · 494 P.2d 485
Booma v. Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Co. Inc. · 111 N.E.2d 742

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Sargent v. SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT · 260 P.3d 1006
Spokane Police Guild v. Liquor Control Board · 769 P.2d 283
BAINBRIDGE POLICE GUILD v. City of Puyallup · 259 P.3d 190
Bellevue John Does 1-11 v. Bellevue School District No. 405 · 164 Wash. 2d 199
Sargent v. Seattle Police Dept. · 179 Wash. 2d 376
White v. Township of Winthrop · 116 P.3d 1034
City of Fife v. Hicks · 186 Wash. App. 122
Newman v. King County · 947 P.2d 712
Bellevue John Does v. Bellevue School Dist. · 120 P.3d 616
State v. Gonzalez · 168 Wash. 2d 256
State v. Gonzalez · 226 P.3d 131
Peer News LLC v. City and County of Honolulu. · 138 Haw. 53
White v. Town of Winthrop · 128 Wash. App. 588
Cawley-Herrmann v. Meredith Corp. · 654 F. Supp. 2d 1264
State of Hawai'i Organization of Police Officers v. Society of Professional Journalists-University of Hawai'i Chapter · 927 P.2d 386
Sargent v. Seattle Police Deparment · 167 Wash. App. 1
Wood v. Thurston County · 68 P.3d 1084
Bellevue John Does 1-11 v. Bellevue School District No. 405 · 129 Wash. App. 832
Reid v. Pierce County · 961 P.2d 333
Brouillet v. Cowles Publishing Co. · 791 P.2d 526
Newman v. King County · 133 Wash. 2d 565
Corey v. Pierce County · 154 Wash. App. 752

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