State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Reader's Digest Ass'n

Decided September 28, 1972. Charles F. Stafford wrote the opinion for the court.

501 P.2d 290 · Cited 168 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.

Federal Trade Commission v. R. F. Keppel & Bro. Inc. · 291 U.S. 304
Seattle Times Co. v. Tielsch · 495 P.2d 1366
International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310
Federal Trade Commission v. Raladam Co. · 283 U.S. 643
Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385
Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co. · 347 U.S. 284
State Ex Rel. Schillberg v. Safeway Stores, Inc. · 450 P.2d 949
Hill v. City of Tacoma · 246 P.2d 458
Williams v. Andresen · 388 P.2d 725
Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156
Thorndike v. Hesperian Orchards, Inc. · 343 P.2d 183
Tyee Construction Co. v. Dulien Steel Products, Inc. · 381 P.2d 245
State v. Jacobsen · 477 P.2d 1
Yelle v. Bishop · 347 P.2d 1081
State v. Galbreath · 419 P.2d 800
State v. Thompson · 232 P.2d 87
Kane v. Klos · 314 P.2d 672
State Ex Rel. Kirschner v. Urquhart · 310 P.2d 261
King County Water District No. 68 v. Tax Commission · 362 P.2d 244
State v. McDonald · 445 P.2d 345
Riblet v. Ideal Cement Co. · 358 P.2d 975
In Re Petition of Port of Seattle · 495 P.2d 327
Thiry v. Atlantic Monthly Co. · 445 P.2d 1012
State v. Sterling Theatres Co. · 394 P.2d 226
Koster v. Wingard · 314 P.2d 928

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STATE BY HUMPHREY v. Granite Gate Resorts · 568 N.W.2d 715
People ex rel. Illinois State Dental Society v. Sutker · 76 Ill. App. 3d 240
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Panag v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington · 204 P.3d 885
Saunders v. Lloyd's of London · 779 P.2d 249
State v. Ralph Williams' North West Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. · 553 P.2d 423
Ridgeview Properties v. Starbuck · 638 P.2d 1231
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Scott v. Association for Childbirth at Home, International · 430 N.E.2d 1012
Landmark Development, Inc. v. City of Roy · 138 Wash. 2d 561
Salois v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance · 581 P.2d 1349
Matanuska Maid, Inc. v. State · 620 P.2d 182
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad v. Washington State Human Rights Commission · 557 P.2d 307
Medina v. Public Utility District No. 1 · 147 Wash. 2d 303
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