State Supreme Court / Wash.

In Re the Detention Swanson

Decided December 5, 1990. Barbara Durham wrote the opinion for the court.

793 P.2d 962 · Cited 151 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.

Diamond v. Cross · 662 P.2d 828
Dunner v. McLaughlin · 676 P.2d 444
In Re the Detention of LaBelle · 728 P.2d 138
Human Rights Commission v. Cheney School District No. 30 · 641 P.2d 163
United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Department of Revenue · 687 P.2d 186
Hart v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVS. · 759 P.2d 1206

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In re the Detention of C.W. · 147 Wash. 2d 259
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Matter of Detention of As · 955 P.2d 836
Matter of Detention of Gv · 877 P.2d 680
In re C.V. · 428 P.3d 407
In Re Detention of As · 982 P.2d 1156
In re the Detention of C.W. · 105 Wash. App. 718
State v. A.S. · 138 Wash. 2d 898
Matter of Well · 946 P.2d 750
City of Yakima v. Mollett · 63 P.3d 177
In re the Detention of Rogers · 117 Wash. App. 270
In Re Rogers · 71 P.3d 220
Dioxin/Organochlorine Ctr. v. POLLUTION CONTROL · 932 P.2d 158
Center v. Pollution Control Hearings Board · 131 Wash. 2d 345
In Re Dependency of AK · 174 P.3d 11
In re the Personal Restraint Well · 133 Wash. 2d 433
Litowitz v. Litowitz · 48 P.3d 261
In Re the Detention of R.W. · 988 P.2d 1034
In the Interest of Doe · 73 P.3d 29
In Re the Detention of Aqui · 929 P.2d 436
In re the Detention of Anthony Rushton · 190 Wash. App. 358
City of Yakima v. Mollett · 115 Wash. App. 604
State v. M.R.C. · 98 Wash. App. 52
In re the Detention of Johnson · 179 Wash. App. 579
State v. MRC · 989 P.2d 93

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