State Supreme Court / Wash.

Federated Publications, Inc. v. Kurtz

Decided July 24, 1980. William H. Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

615 P.2d 440 · Cited 132 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.

Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Cohen v. Everett City Council · 535 P.2d 801
State ex rel. Superior Court of Snohomish County v. Sperry · 79 Wash. 2d 69
People v. Brisendine · 531 P.2d 1099
In Re Lewis · 316 P.2d 907
Herb v. Pitcairn · 324 U.S. 117
Fox Film Corp. v. Muller · 296 U.S. 207
Hartman v. Washington State Game Commission · 532 P.2d 614
Allison v. Patterson · 579 P.2d 1335
State v. Bianchi · 593 P.2d 1330
State v. Northwest Passage, Inc. · 585 P.2d 794

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Hundtofte v. Encarnacion · 169 Wash. App. 498
Seattle Times Co. v. Ishikawa · 640 P.2d 716
Federated Publications, Inc. v. Swedberg · 633 P.2d 74
Dreiling v. Jain · 93 P.3d 861
Tacoma News, Inc. v. Cayce · 256 P.3d 1179
State v. Mendez · 238 P.3d 517
State v. Bone-Club · 906 P.2d 325
State v. Mendez · 157 Wash. App. 565
State v. Bone-Club · 128 Wash. 2d 254
State v. Coe · 679 P.2d 353
Hundtofte v. Encarnación · 181 Wash. 2d 1
City of Seattle v. State · 668 P.2d 1266
State v. Waldon · 202 P.3d 325
State v. Waldon · 148 Wash. App. 952
Seattle Times Co. v. Eberharter · 713 P.2d 710
Allied Daily Newspapers v. Eikenberry · 848 P.2d 1258
Rufer v. Abbott Laboratories · 114 P.3d 1182
In Re Orange · 100 P.3d 291
Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside · 478 U.S. 1
In re the Personal Restraint of Orange · 152 Wash. 2d 795
Seattle Times Co. v. Serko · 243 P.3d 919
Seattle Times Co. v. Serko · 170 Wash. 2d 581
In re the Detention of Reyes · 176 Wash. App. 821
State v. Herron · 177 Wash. App. 96
Dreiling v. Jain · 151 Wash. 2d 900

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