Opinion

Texas Company v. Cohn

  • 8 Wash. 2d 360
  • 112 P.2d 522
Court
Washington Supreme Court
Filed
Apr 17, 1941
Status
Published
Author
Steinert
On the bench
Millard, Driver, Blake, Steinert
Cited by
45 cases

holding that “this court regards the equal privileges and immunities provision of Art. I, § 12, of the state constitution and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States as substantially identical”

How later courts described this case

  • holding that “this court regards the equal privileges and immunities provision of Art. I, § 12, of the state constitution and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States as substantially identical”
  • “Trooper Richmond and other witnesses were interviewed by an 9 investigator who prepared a report, but the State Patrol apparently took no further action. 10 Without more, these facts do not establish a legally adequate claim of malicious 11 prosecution . . . .”
  • challenging imposition of fuel oil taxes

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Steinert, J.

(dissenting) — I concur in. the conclusion reached by Judge Millard that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed. I therefore dissent from the majority opinion.

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