Tenore v. AT&T Wireless Services

Decided September 10, 1998. Charles Z. Smith wrote the opinion for the court.

136 Wash. 2d 322 · Cited 185 times

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• Hardy v. Claircom Communications Group, Inc. · 937 P.2d 1128
• Kellerman v. MCI Telecommunications Corp. · 493 N.E.2d 1045
• DeCastro v. AWACS, Inc. · 935 F. Supp. 541
• Porr v. NYNEX Corp. · 230 A.D.2d 564
• Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co. · 204 U.S. 426
• Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co. · 450 U.S. 311
• Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Carl · 227 U.S. 639
• Hoffer v. State · 755 P.2d 781
• Orwick v. City of Seattle · 692 P.2d 793
• Bravo v. Dolsen Companies · 888 P.2d 147
• Day v. AT & T CORP. · 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 55
• Cutler v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · 881 P.2d 216
• Hoffer v. State · 776 P.2d 963
• State v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Co. · 622 P.2d 1185
• Wegoland, Ltd. v. Nynex Corp. · 806 F. Supp. 1112
• Vogt v. Seattle-First National Bank · 817 P.2d 1364
• Marcus v. AT & T CORP. · 938 F. Supp. 1158
• Sanderson, Thompson, Ratledge & Zimny v. AWACS, Inc. · 958 F. Supp. 947
• Kaplan v. ITT-U.S. Transmission Systems Inc. · 589 F. Supp. 729
• Gelb v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 813 F. Supp. 1022
• Bruss Co. v. Allnet Communication Services, Inc. · 606 F. Supp. 401
• American Inmate Phone Systems, Inc. v. US Sprint Communications Co. · 787 F. Supp. 852
• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. IMR Capital Corp. · 888 F. Supp. 221
• Boyle v. MTV Networks, Inc. · 766 F. Supp. 809
• Cahnmann v. Sprint Corp. · 961 F. Supp. 1229

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• Ball v. GTE Mobilnet of California · 96 Cal. Rptr. 2d 801
• Handlin v. On-Site Manager, Inc. · 187 Wash. App. 841
• Nissen v. Pierce County · 183 Wash. App. 581
• Parsons v. COMCAST OF CAL./COLO./WASH. I · 208 P.3d 1261
• Parsons v. Comcast of California/Colorado/Washington I, Inc. · 150 Wash. App. 721
• Kinney v. Cook · 159 Wash. 2d 837
• Rodriguez v. Loudeye Corp. · 189 P.3d 168
• J.S. v. Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC · 184 Wash. 2d 95
• M.H. v. Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop · 162 Wash. App. 183
• Arthur West v. Seattle Port Commission · 194 Wash. App. 821
• Tenore v. AT & T WIRELESS SERVICES · 962 P.2d 104
• Gorman v. Garlock, Inc. · 121 Wash. App. 530
• Fedway Marketplace West, LLC v. State · 183 Wash. App. 860
• Gorman v. Garlock, Inc. · 89 P.3d 302
• Port Of Bellingham v. State Of Alaska · 192 Wash. App. 921
• Mh v. Corp. of Catholic Abp. of Seattle · 252 P.3d 914
• Kinney v. Cook · 154 P.3d 206
• Dilley v. S & R HOLDINGS, LLC · 154 P.3d 955
• Dilley v. S&R Holdings, LLC · 137 Wash. App. 774
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• Burton v. Lehman · 153 Wash. 2d 416

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