State Supreme Court / Wash.

Lynch v. Department of Labor & Industries

Decided January 20, 1944. William J. Steinert wrote the opinion for the court.

145 P.2d 265 · Cited 73 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.

Shelton Hotel Co., Inc. v. Bates · 104 P.2d 478
City of Spokane v. State · 89 P.2d 826
Carkonen v. Alberts · 83 P.2d 899
Eugene School District No. 4 v. Fisk · 79 P.2d 262
State Ex Rel. George v. Seattle · 52 P.2d 360
State Ex Rel. Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Hoover · 93 P.2d 346
Cowiche Growers, Inc. v. Bates · 117 P.2d 624
Nelson v. Department of Labor & Industries · 115 P.2d 1014
Ayers v. City of Tacoma · 108 P.2d 348
In Re Cascade Fixture Co. · 111 P.2d 991
Layton v. Home Indemnity Co. · 113 P.2d 538
Smith v. Department of Labor & Industries · 113 P.2d 57
State Ex Rel. Washington Mutual Savings Bank v. City of Bellingham · 111 P.2d 781
State Ex Rel. Cooper v. Warnock · 134 P.2d 706

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Kilpatrick v. Department of Labor & Industries · 915 P.2d 519
Wynand v. Department of Labor & Industries · 153 P.2d 302
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission · 30 Cal. 2d 388
Yeck v. Department of Labor & Industries · 176 P.2d 359
Barlia v. Department of Labor & Industries · 160 P.2d 503
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 v. State · 142 Wash. 2d 183
Baker v. Baker · 498 P.2d 315
Bd. of Education of City of Asbury Park v. Hoek · 183 A.2d 633
State v. Board of Yakima County Commissioners · 869 P.2d 56
Amburn v. Daly · 501 P.2d 178
Andersen v. King County · 138 P.3d 963
North Coast Air Services, Ltd. v. Grumman Corp. · 759 P.2d 405
State v. Green · 588 P.2d 1370
Anderson v. City of Seattle · 471 P.2d 87
Graffell v. Honeysuckle · 191 P.2d 858
Andersen v. King County · 158 Wash. 2d 1
Port of Longview v. Taxpayers of Port of Longview · 533 P.2d 128
Mandel v. O'HARA · 576 A.2d 766
In re the Personal Restraint of Smith · 139 Wash. 2d 199
In Re Smith · 986 P.2d 131
Yurkovich v. Industrial Accident Board · 314 P.2d 866
Department of Labor & Industries v. Landon · 814 P.2d 626
Washington State Motorcycle Dealers Ass'n v. State · 763 P.2d 442
Washington Ass'n of Neighborhood Stores v. State · 149 Wash. 2d 359
Washington Ass'n of Apartment Associations v. Evans · 564 P.2d 788

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