State Supreme Court / Wash.

Thomas v. French

Decided March 3, 1983. William H. Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

659 P.2d 1097 · Cited 132 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.

State v. Jones · 628 P.2d 472
Moss v. Vadman · 463 P.2d 159
Arnold v. Laird · 621 P.2d 138
Raborn v. Hayton · 208 P.2d 133
Ashley v. Lance · 493 P.2d 1242
State v. Parr · 606 P.2d 263
State v. Hess · 541 P.2d 1222
Sweazey v. Valley Transport, Inc. · 111 P.2d 1010
Ertman v. City of Olympia · 621 P.2d 724
May v. Wright · 381 P.2d 601
Smith v. Ernst Hardware Co. · 377 P.2d 258
Capen v. Wester · 365 P.2d 326
Boyer v. State · 142 P.2d 250

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