Seven Gables Corp. v. MGM/UA Entertainment Co.

Decided June 5, 1986. James Morgan Dolliver wrote the opinion for the court.

721 P.2d 1 · Cited 425 times

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• Associated Film Distribution Corp. v. Thornburgh · 614 F. Supp. 1100
• Bowers v. Transamerica Title Insurance · 675 P.2d 193
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104
• LaPlante v. State · 531 P.2d 299
• Lamon v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. · 588 P.2d 1346
• Washington Water Power Co. v. Washington State Human Rights Commission · 586 P.2d 1149
• Blondheim v. State · 529 P.2d 1096
• Bellevue Fire Fighters Local 1604 v. City of Bellevue · 675 P.2d 592
• Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Busbee · 297 S.E.2d 250
• State v. Sherman · 653 P.2d 612
• Olympic Fish Products, Inc. v. Lloyd · 611 P.2d 737
• Myrick v. Board of Pierce County Commissioners · 687 P.2d 1152
• Allied Artists Pictures Corp. v. Rhodes · 496 F. Supp. 408
• City of Puyallup v. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. · 656 P.2d 1035
• Grant v. Spellman · 664 P.2d 1227
• State v. Bishop · 614 P.2d 655

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