State Supreme Court / Wash.

Seattle Times Co. v. Ishikawa

Decided February 11, 1982. Fred Hudson Dore wrote the opinion for the court.

640 P.2d 716 · Cited 254 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.

Federated Publications, Inc. v. Kurtz · 615 P.2d 440
People v. Jones · 47 N.Y.2d 409
Cohen v. Everett City Council · 535 P.2d 801
Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Commonwealth · 281 S.E.2d 915
In Re Lewis · 316 P.2d 907
State v. Bianchi · 593 P.2d 1330
State Ex Rel. Brown v. Warnock · 122 P.2d 472

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