Case law

State ex rel. Olympia v. Olympia Light & Power Co.

91 Wash. 519 · Washington Supreme Court · Jun 16, 1916

S. 265 : “ ‘It has been settled by this court that the state may authorize one of its municipal corporations to establish, by an inviolable contract the rates to be charged by a public service corporation (or natural person … But for the very reason that such a contract has the effect of extinguishing pro tanto an undoubted power of government, both its existence and the authority to make it must clearly and unmistakably appear, and all doubts

Virginia Mason Hospital Ass'n v. Larson

9 Wash. 2d 284 · Washington Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1941

However, the testimony on this matter establishes without contradiction that the clinic pays all of the interne’s salary for the three months he *303 serves partially in the clinic. … The trustees of the association were the persons who had previously run the Virginia Mason Hospital, Inc., and were well qualified by experience to run the association when it took over the operation of the same properties

Davis v. Cox

Washington Supreme Court · May 28, 2015

This initial statute grants speakers immunity from claims based on the speaker's communication to a governmental entity regarding any matter reasonably of concern to the governmental entity. … On this disputed material fact, when the superior court resolved the anti-SLAPP motion, it weighed the evidence and found the defendants' "evidence clearly shows that the Israel boycott and divestment movement is a national

State v. Coella

3 Wash. 99 · Washington Supreme Court · Nov 13, 1891

If she chose to answer and admit, if such was the fact, that she had wantonly violated the restraints and passed outside the limits which religion, society and the law have long established for woman’s welfare and pro- ' … Some instruction upon this point should have been given, under the circumstances, although the above one should have been qualified by telling the jury that no particular length of time was required in which to form the purpose

State v. Mayer

Washington Supreme Court · Oct 22, 2015

The "at any time" statement thus did not immunize Dennison's warnings against the defects created by his later responses to Mayer's questions. C. … In this case, the State presented overwhelming untainted evidence at trial establishing that Mayer was one of the robbers.

In Re Heard

963 P.2d 818 · Washington Supreme Court · Sep 24, 1998

The effect of the sanction on the attorney (sanction must not be clearly excessive); 4. … We cannot say, from the record, that the evidence clearly preponderates against the trial committee's findings, and we will, therefore, accept them.

Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Miller

20 Wash. 21 · Washington Supreme Court · Oct 4, 1898

follows: “ By the first section of the act the grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, appertaining *28 to the main line between Wallula, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, is forfeited. “ This renders it necessary to establish … It was clearly pointed out in the case of Buttz v. Railroad Co., 119 U. S. 55 (7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 100).

State v. Bao Dinh Dang

Washington Supreme Court · Oct 31, 2013

He didn't describe what that was, but he said very clearly he was going to do something big. He said he needed to go back to Western State Hospital. … And at that point I felt clearly like I needed to take some action at this point.

Sane Transit v. Sound Transit

85 P.3d 346 · Washington Supreme Court · Mar 4, 2004

RCW 29.79.035(1) requires the ballot title to contain a concise description which "must ... clearly identify the proposition to be voted on." See also RCW 29.27.066. … Rather, it complied with these statutes. [7] Though a corollary to the last antecedent rule provides "the presence of a comma before the qualifying phrase is evidence the qualifier is intended to apply to all antecedents

State v. Danielson

Washington Supreme Court · Dec 11, 2025

Establishing an equal protection violation requires more than assumption. The burden rests on the individual asserting the violation to establish disparate treatment. Osman, 157 Wn.2d at 484. … Our state constitution “clearly establish[es]” the use of intermediate scrutiny in a broader array of cases where state action burdens both “an important right and a semi-suspect class not accountable for its status.”

State Ex Rel. Hunt v. Okanogan County

153 Wash. 399 · Washington Supreme Court · Aug 13, 1929

territory the usual benefits of civil government, such as police and court protection of all persons and property therein, including the persons and property of the Indian allottees, the building and maintaining of roads, the establishment … “Now, therefore, the said Okanogan County, party of the first part, acting by and through its duly qualified Board of County Commissioners in meeting assembled, for and in consideration of the promises and of the covenants

State v. Pry

452 P.3d 536 · Washington Supreme Court · Nov 21, 2019

Even if count 2 could be read as qualifying as one of the six acts listed in section .050(such as concealing physical evidence under RCW 9A.76.050(5)), count 2 does not contain the required mens rea elements of rendering … Williams, decided in 2007, nearly two decades after Leach, expressly conducted a Kjorsvik analysis and clearly provides the persuasive precedent on this issue.

City of Seattle v. Fuller

Washington Supreme Court · May 2, 2013

Similarly, RCW 35.20.250 establishes "concurrent jurisdiction with the superior court and district court ... " on the part of the municipal court. … This means that the municipal court inherits· only those powers granted to "the court" without a qualifier (such as RCW 9A.20.030 restitution, as I explain below).

Great Northern Railway Co. v. State

200 Wash. 392 · Washington Supreme Court · Sep 1, 1939

Ct. 358 , is not in point, as will clearly appear from examination of the opinion. … “The next consideration logically is, whether that original package has been broken, within the purview of the established rule, so that the contents have become a part of the general mass of property.

State v. Humphries

Washington Supreme Court · Oct 23, 2014

Ed. 2d 574 (1997) ("there can be no question that evidence of the name or nature of the prior offense [necessary to establish a prior qualifying conviction] generally carries a risk of unfair prejudice to the defendant" … A stipulation is clearly less prejudicial than the proof of prior robberies.

State Ex Rel. Lumber & Sawmill Workers v. Superior Court

24 Wash. 2d 314 · Washington Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1945

F. of L. organizations, which are clearly outside of the unit appropriate for the purpose of collective bargaining under the national labor relations board act, with the em *321 ployers of the members of the C. … , or administrative acts of the various states under the scope' of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution which provides: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities

State v. Studd

137 Wash. 2d 533 · Washington Supreme Court · Apr 1, 1999

“The structure of WPIC 16.02 could mislead a jury because the imminent danger requirement is set off by a separate number and thus lacking connection to the reasonable belief qualifier.” … Unhappily for Studd, Cook, McLoyd and Bennett, however, the fact that a clearly erroneous jury instruction was given is not the end of the story.

State v. Leyda

157 Wash. 2d 335 · Washington Supreme Court · Jul 20, 2006

The State responds that because RCW 9.35.020 prohibits “use” of another’s identification or information, it is apparent that the legislature intended that each use of the stolen identification or financial information “qualifies … We interpret the legislature’s decision to add the words “obtain” and “possess” to the statute as its attempt to combat the rapidly expanding identity theft problem by more clearly defining and broadening the way in which

Prince v. Mottman

84 Wash. 287 · Washington Supreme Court · Mar 5, 1915

Prince was qualified as executrix, and acted as such for several years; that she then endeavored to exercise an election to take under the law, and not under the will; that in pursuance of such election, she commenced actions … E. 672 , the distinction between the rights of a purchaser at a judicial sale not a party to the action, and a purchaser who was a party to the action, is clearly defined.

Seattle Police Officers Guild v. City of Seattle

92 P.3d 243 · Washington Supreme Court · Jun 24, 2004

We concluded that "[t]he civil service system established by the ordinance did not establish a civil service commission to conduct the investigative hearing required by statute, but, rather, established a police commission … Chapter 41.06 RCW was established by initiative in 1960, establishing a rule of two for state employees.