Soter v. Cowles Publishing Co.

Decided December 27, 2007. Barbara Madsen wrote the opinion for the court.

162 Wash. 2d 716 · Cited 125 times

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• Limstrom v. Ladenburg · 136 Wash. 2d 595
• Dawson v. Daly · 845 P.2d 995
• Pappas v. Holloway · 787 P.2d 30
• Cathcart-Maltby-Clearview Community Council v. Snohomish County · 634 P.2d 853
• Dietz v. Doe · 131 Wash. 2d 835
• Soter v. Cowles Publishing Co. · 131 Wash. App. 882
• Cowles Publishing Co. v. Spokane Police Department · 139 Wash. 2d 472
• Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington · 125 Wash. 2d 243
• Soter v. Cowles Pub. Co. · 130 P.3d 840
• Pierce County v. Guillen · 537 U.S. 129
• Yousoufian v. Office of King County Executive · 152 Wash. 2d 421
• O'Connor v. Department of Social & Health Services · 143 Wash. 2d 895
• Harris v. Drake · 152 Wash. 2d 480
• People v. Boclair · 519 N.E.2d 437
• City of Burlington v. Boney Publishers, Inc. · 600 S.E.2d 872
• Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe · 580 P.2d 246
• Whatcom County v. City of Bellingham · 909 P.2d 1303
• Sacramento Newspaper Guild, Local 92 v. Sacramento County Board of Supervisors · 263 Cal. App. 2d 41
• SPOKANE RESEARCH FUND v. City of Spokane · 117 P.3d 1117
• Hangartner v. City of Seattle · 151 Wash. 2d 439
• Hangartner v. City of Seattle · 90 P.3d 26
• Heidebrink v. Moriwaki · 706 P.2d 212
• State v. Zwicker · 151 N.H. 179
• Longs Drug Stores v. Howe · 657 P.2d 412
• Spokane Research & Defense Fund v. City of Spokane · 155 Wash. 2d 89

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• O'Neill v. City of Shoreline · 145 Wash. App. 913
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