State Supreme Court / Wash.

Orwick v. City of Seattle

Decided December 13, 1984. Robert Brachtenbach wrote the opinion for the court.

692 P.2d 793 · Cited 240 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.

Sorenson v. City of Bellingham · 496 P.2d 512
Bender v. City of Seattle · 664 P.2d 492
Diamond v. Cross · 662 P.2d 828
Peasley v. Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co. · 125 P.2d 681
Brown v. MacPherson's, Inc. · 545 P.2d 13
Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Department of Revenue · 638 P.2d 1213
Corrigal v. Ball & Dodd Funeral Home, Inc. · 577 P.2d 580
Hartman v. Washington State Game Commission · 532 P.2d 614
State v. Turner · 658 P.2d 658
Jacobsen v. City of Seattle · 658 P.2d 653
Silver Surprize, Inc. v. Sunshine Mining Co. · 445 P.2d 334
Allison v. Patterson · 579 P.2d 1335
In Re the Welfare of Bowman · 617 P.2d 731
Northwest Trollers Ass'n v. Moos · 568 P.2d 793
State Ex Rel. Wallen v. Noe · 475 P.2d 787
Speed Auto Sales, Inc. v. American Motors Corp. · 477 F. Supp. 1193

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