State Supreme Court / Wash.

In Re the Detention of LaBelle

Decided November 13, 1986. Robert Brachtenbach wrote the opinion for the court.

728 P.2d 138 · Cited 448 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.

Matter of Harris · 654 P.2d 109
Dunner v. McLaughlin · 676 P.2d 444
Humphrey v. Cady · 405 U.S. 504
Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418
Diamond v. Cross · 662 P.2d 828
In Re R. · 641 P.2d 704
Pawling v. Goodwin · 679 P.2d 916
State v. Holland · 656 P.2d 1056
In Re Welfare of Sego · 513 P.2d 831
In Re the Welfare of Hall · 664 P.2d 1245
Ridgeview Properties v. Starbuck · 638 P.2d 1231
Hontz v. State · 714 P.2d 1176
Groff v. Department of Labor & Industries · 395 P.2d 633
Maehren v. City of Seattle · 599 P.2d 1255
State v. Agee · 573 P.2d 355
Todd v. Superior Court · 68 Wash. 2d 587

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In re the Detention of C.K. · 108 Wash. App. 65
Born v. Thompson · 69 P.3d 343
In re the Detention of C.W. · 105 Wash. App. 718
Spence v. Kaminski · 12 P.3d 1030
Morris v. Blaker · 821 P.2d 482
In Re RAW · 15 P.3d 705
Matter of Detention of As · 955 P.2d 836
Born v. Thompson · 154 Wash. 2d 749
Born v. Thompson · 117 Wash. App. 57
State v. A.S. · 138 Wash. 2d 898
In Re Detention of CW · 53 P.3d 979
In re the Detention of M.W. · 185 Wash. 2d 633
Matter of Personal Restraint of Young · 857 P.2d 989
Wetherhorn v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute · 156 P.3d 371
E.P. v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute · 205 P.3d 1101
In re the Detention of R.H. · 178 Wash. App. 941
In re the Detention of R.A.W. · 104 Wash. App. 215
Weyerhaeuser v. Pierce County · 873 P.2d 498
Spence v. Kaminski · 103 Wash. App. 325
Matter of Detention of Gv · 877 P.2d 680
In Re Detention of TAH-L. · 97 P.3d 767
Columbia State Bank, Res. v. Mark v. Jordan And Cynthia Jordan, Apps. · 199 Wash. App. 306
State Ex Rel. TB v. CPC Fairfax Hosp. · 918 P.2d 497

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