King v. City of Seattle

Decided August 15, 1974. Robert F. Utter wrote the opinion for the court.

525 P.2d 228 · Cited 241 times

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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.

• Weiss v. Fote · 7 N.Y.2d 579
• Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 162 N.E. 99
• Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 55 Cal. 2d 211
• United States v. Gilman · 347 U.S. 507
• Hoff v. Lester · 168 P.2d 409
• Adams v. Thibault · 49 Wash. 2d 24
• Johnson v. State of California · 447 P.2d 352
• Evangelical United Brethren Church v. State · 67 Wash. 2d 246
• Berglund v. Spokane County · 103 P.2d 355
• Rikstad v. Holmberg · 456 P.2d 355
• Bordeaux v. Ingersoll-Rand Co. · 429 P.2d 207
• Scymanski v. Dufault · 491 P.2d 1050
• Hogland v. Klein · 298 P.2d 1099
• Wells v. City of Vancouver · 467 P.2d 292
• Henderson v. Bardahl International Corp. · 431 P.2d 961
• Goetz v. Board of Trustees, Policemen's & Firemen's Retirement System · 454 P.2d 481
• Desimone v. Mutual Materials Co. · 162 P.2d 808
• Lasser v. Grunbaum Bros. Furniture Co. · 310 P.2d 259

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• Flint v. Hart · 917 P.2d 590
• Chambers-Castanes v. King County · 669 P.2d 451
• Schooley v. Pinch's Deli Market, Inc. · 951 P.2d 749
• Haslund v. City of Seattle · 547 P.2d 1221
• Wells v. Uvex Winter Optical, Inc. · 635 A.2d 1188
• Petersen v. State · 671 P.2d 230
• Schooley v. Pinch's Deli Market, Inc. · 134 Wash. 2d 468
• Bender v. City of Seattle · 664 P.2d 492
• Tyner v. DSHS, Child Protective Serv. · 1 P.3d 1148
• Stiley v. Block · 130 Wash. 2d 486
• Tyner v. Department of Social & Health Services · 141 Wash. 2d 68
• Seattle-First National Bank v. Kawachi · 588 P.2d 725
• Stewart v. State · 597 P.2d 101
• Wiltse v. Albertson's Inc. · 805 P.2d 793
• Michaels v. CH2M Hill, Inc. · 257 P.3d 532
• In Re Franklin National Bank Securities Litigation · 478 F. Supp. 210
• Smoke v. City of Seattle · 937 P.2d 186
• Miller v. Pacific County · 592 P.2d 639
• Keller v. City of Spokane · 44 P.3d 845
• Stiley v. Block · 925 P.2d 194
• Minahan v. Western Washington Fair Ass'n · 73 P.3d 1019
• Taggart v. State · 822 P.2d 243

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