Case law

Dioxin/Organochlorine Center v. Department of Ecology

119 Wash. 2d 761 · Washington Supreme Court · Oct 1, 1992

Ecology has authority to categorically exempt certain actions from the EIS requirement, but major actions do not qualify for such exemptions. RCW 43.21C.110. 4. … There must be sufficient evidence to establish the claim.

Johnson v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

134 Wash. 2d 795 · Washington Supreme Court · Apr 2, 1998

such evidence, the inflexible exclusionary rule created by the majority is rendered unnecessary and serves only to hobble the fact finder by excluding evidence that should be admitted in those rare cases where relevance clearly … As the Third Circuit held, “the collateral benefit rule cannot be made a springboard from which a plaintiff may go forward with affirmative evidence ... of financial need and then seek immunity from cross-examination regarding

Nelson v. National Fund Raising Consultants, Inc.

120 Wash. 2d 382 · Washington Supreme Court · Dec 17, 1992

First, DeShazer's argument about the timing of the Nelsons' knowledge is not clearly supported by the record. … Violation of the Franchise Act does not automatically establish a violation of the Consumer Protection Act.

Robel v. Roundup Corp.

148 Wash. 2d 35 · Washington Supreme Court · Dec 12, 2002

In Robel’s case, the answer is clearly yes. … However, I believe the majority’s attempt to qualify Potts as a “manager” as the term is used in Glasgow is inappropriate.

Marquez Vargas v. RRA CP Opportunity Tr. 1

Washington Supreme Court · Apr 30, 2026

The original formal requirements to qualify as a negotiable instrument were strict. … But even if the “courier without luggage” metaphor no longer works, an instrument must still meet specific formal requirements to qualify as negotiable.

State v. Ware

58 Wash. 526 · Washington Supreme Court · May 31, 1910

The rule, I believe, was unknown to the Common law, but is now established in this country. … This-exhausted his peremptories, and he was forced to go to trial with the juror Stocking who, in my judgment, had clearly disqualified himself.

City of Seattle v. Winebrenner

219 P.3d 686 · Washington Supreme Court · Oct 29, 2009

Neither a plain reading of the statute, the statutory scheme as a whole, nor legislative history clearly establish the legislature's purpose in using the word "prior" or the appropriate temporal limit for a "prior offense … With the rise in literacy, more defendants who were not members of the clergy qualified for this defense.

State v. Berry

200 Wash. 495 · Washington Supreme Court · Sep 14, 1939

All of those elements were established to the satisfaction of the jury. … The last provision does not qualify the other two preceding provisions.

State v. Eckblad

98 P.3d 1184 · Washington Supreme Court · Oct 14, 2004

In February 2003, a state patrol officer saw a seat belt dangling in the window of a traveling 1982 pickup truck, near the head of a clearly unseat-belted passenger. … We caution that we do not hold that the statute is immune from a future due process challenge. It may be unconstitutionally vague as applied to a different case. Cf.

State v. Womack

4 Wash. 19 · Washington Supreme Court · Mar 7, 1892

Leach was a duly appointed, qualified and acting member of the state board of education for the State of Washington, and was then and there engaged with the said board of education in holding the first regular meeting in … must be construed in connection with a subsequent section, which provides that the indictment is sufficient if “among other qualifications it can be understood therefrom that the act or omission charged as the crime is clearly

Helman v. Sacred Heart Hospital

62 Wash. 2d 136 · Washington Supreme Court · May 9, 1963

Concerning the accuracy and definitive quality of the results obtained from the two types of tests, different viewpoints were expressed by competent and well-qualified witnesses. … Before the hypothetical question was propounded to him, it was clearly established that Mr. Klotz was competent to express a professional, scientific opinion on the pertinent subject matter in issue.

Hallin v. Trent

94 Wash. 2d 671 · Washington Supreme Court · Nov 13, 1980

All of the judicial positions established by chapter 202 in the three counties above named were to be effective January 1, 1981. … The legislature adopted this same procedure for those instances where vacancies occurred because of establishment of new positions.

State v. Daugherty

94 Wash. 2d 263 · Washington Supreme Court · Sep 11, 1980

None of the three were armed or in uniform, since they were not yet qualified under department regulations to carry a gun. … Ct. 507 (1967): *267 [SJearches conducted outside the judicial process, without prior approval by judge or magistrate, are per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment — subject only to a few specifically established and

Procter & Gamble Co. v. King County

9 Wash. 2d 655 · Washington Supreme Court · Aug 5, 1941

. §§ 4656-52, 4656-62], Laws of 1937, chapter 70, pp. 239, 245, §§ 2,12) provides that foreign corporations doing an intrastate business in this state shall qualify so to do in the manner prescribed in that statute, and shall … Section 5 of chapter 67 of the Laws of 1939 clearly manifests the intent of the legislature not to terminate or modify any right of exemption which had accrued prior to the passage of the 1939 statute.

State Ex Rel. Holcomb v. Armstrong

39 Wash. 2d 860 · Washington Supreme Court · Jan 10, 1952

Her right to do so should be safeguarded if not clearly inimical to the general public interest. … Acknowledging our own lack of qualifications to express an opinion in the field of materia medica, we must nevertheless place in proper perspective the opinions of those who are so qualified.

Denton v. Schneider

80 Wash. 506 · Washington Supreme Court · Jul 22, 1914

Schneider was named as executor, qualified as such on September 17, 1901, and continued so to act until his death. … Clearly, both halves were subject to the fulfillment of all trusts.

State Ex Rel. Ennis v. Superior Court

153 Wash. 139 · Washington Supreme Court · Jul 23, 1929

The court held that the adoption by the qualified voters of a city of the first class of proposed amendments to their charter, establishing what is known as a commission form of government, was, under Bern.. Comp. … The institution of a proceeding by way of the statutory writ of quo. warranto depends necessarily upon the action of some officer other than an official of the city, and unless it clearly appears from a charter of a city

State v. Fain

94 Wash. 2d 387 · Washington Supreme Court · Oct 2, 1980

(dissenting) — The majority concedes that the petitioner's crimes qualify him for the status of habitual criminal under RCW 9.92.090. It also concedes that the United States Supreme Court, in affirming Rummel v. … And punishment is grossly disproportionate only if the conduct should never be proscribed or if the punishment is clearly arbitrary and shocking to the sense of justice.

State v. McCuistion

169 Wash. 2d 633 · Washington Supreme Court · Sep 2, 2010

Furthermore, adjudication of this issue shall be based on the findings of a "professionally qualified person." *1156 ¶ 32 4. … Coleman, clearly do not believe in the SVP statute, it is the legislature that must write laws that meet strict scrutiny, not Dr. Coleman.

Wash. Local Etc. v. Internat'l Etc.

33 Wash. 2d 1 · Washington Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1949

HUGHES: You had better qualify that `any place'. You mean any reasonable place? THE WITNESS: Yes, any reasonable place. … It is clearly established in the record that there were no trials conducted at the Stratford hotel.