Ellis v. City of Seattle

Decided December 14, 2000. Philip A. Talmadge wrote the opinion for the court.

142 Wash. 2d 450 · Cited 138 times

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• Gardner v. Loomis Armored, Inc. · 128 Wash. 2d 931
• Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Company · 685 P.2d 1081
• Clements v. Travelers Indemnity Co. · 850 P.2d 1298
• Farnam v. Crista Ministries · 807 P.2d 830
• Dicomes v. State · 782 P.2d 1002
• Parnar v. Americana Hotels, Inc. · 652 P.2d 625
• Bott v. Rockwell International · 908 P.2d 909
• Wilson v. Steinbach · 656 P.2d 1030
• Graves v. Department of Game · 887 P.2d 424
• Trimble v. Washington State University · 993 P.2d 259
• Trimble v. Washington State University · 140 Wash. 2d 88
• White v. State · 929 P.2d 396
• White v. State · 131 Wash. 2d 1
• Benjamin v. Washington State Bar Ass'n · 138 Wash. 2d 506
• Benjamin v. Washington State Bar Ass'n · 980 P.2d 742
• Wlasiuk v. Whirlpool Corp. · 81 Wash. App. 163
• Ran Ken, Inc. v. Schlapper · 963 S.W.2d 102
• Wlasiuk v. Whirlpool Corp. · 914 P.2d 102

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