State Supreme Court / Wash.

Senior Citizens League, Inc. v. Department of Social Security

Decided March 5, 1951. Edgar Ward Schwellenbach wrote the opinion for the court.

228 P.2d 478 · Cited 72 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.

Morgan v. United States · 298 U.S. 468
Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 239 U.S. 441
Wichita Railroad & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of Kansas · 260 U.S. 48
Reif v. Barrett · 188 N.E. 889
Southern Railway Co. v. Virginia · 290 U.S. 190
Morgan v. Department of Social Security · 127 P.2d 686
Smithberger v. Banning · 129 Neb. 651
State v. Gilroy · 221 P.2d 549
Adams v. Ernst · 95 P.2d 799
In Re Hulet · 292 P. 430
Conant v. State · 84 P.2d 378
State Ex Rel. Eckroth v. Borge · 283 N.W. 521
Home Owners' Loan Corp. v. Rawson · 83 P.2d 765
Schneberger v. State Board of Social Welfare · 291 N.W. 859
Gruen v. State Tax Commission · 211 P.2d 651
Randles v. Washington State Liquor Control Board · 206 P.2d 1209
Kelleher v. Minshull · 119 P.2d 302
In Re the Sterilization of Hendrickson · 123 P.2d 322
Conaway v. Time Oil Company · 210 P.2d 1012
State Ex Rel. Hays v. Wilson · 137 P.2d 105
May v. Rice · 91 Ind. 546
King County v. Port of Seattle · 223 P.2d 834
State Ex Rel. Thielicke v. Superior Court · 114 P.2d 1001
State v. Miles · 105 P.2d 51
In Re the Estate of Bodvin · 226 P.2d 878

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In Re Schatz · 497 P.2d 153
Boehl v. Sabre Jet Room, Inc. · 349 P.2d 585
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Ellis v. State Department of Public Health & Welfare · 285 S.W.2d 634
Clark v. Dwyer · 353 P.2d 941
Miller v. City of Tacoma · 378 P.2d 464
Yelle v. Bishop · 347 P.2d 1081
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