Case law

O'DAY v. King County

109 Wash. 2d 796 · Washington Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1988

The 1976 ordinance regulated adult entertainment establishments, but explicitly excluded taverns and other establishments maintaining a liquor license. … If a petition was filed, but the referendum failed to qualify for the ballot, the ordinance became effective 45 days after enactment.

State Ex Rel. Peter v. Geisness

140 Wash. 300 · Washington Supreme Court · Aug 25, 1926

third class operating under the commission form of government, and that the police court of that city is a duly established and functioning inferior court of the state. … Clearly, under any view, -the first paragraph stricken was a conclusion; and the. second, upon the theory which we think must control,, is wholly immaterial.

Gordon v. Seattle-First National Bank

49 Wash. 2d 728 · Washington Supreme Court · Jan 28, 1957

Upon such hearing the court shall make and cause to be entered a formal order, either establishing and probating such will, or refusing to establish and probate the same, and such order shall be conclusive as against all … The surviving spouse was appointed administrator, and he qualified as such.

Hindman v. Boyd

42 Wash. 17 · Washington Supreme Court · Feb 26, 1906

Clearly the statute does not intend that the council shall submit the amendment until the fact exists that the necessary number of qualified voters have petitioned. … If the findings shall establish facts showing that the petitions were in compliance with the law, then an order shall be entered confirming and ratifying the one originally *35 made.

Dean v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle

104 Wash. 2d 627 · Washington Supreme Court · Oct 31, 1985

You are not to take the same as proof of the matters claimed and you are to consider only those matters which are established by the evidence. … When the plaintiff has proved a prima facie case of discrimination, the defendant bears only the burden of explaining clearly the nondiscriminatory reasons for its actions. Burdine , at 257, 260.

Guard v. Jackson

132 Wash. 2d 660 · Washington Supreme Court · Jul 24, 1997

Beeston and Guard never married, but Beeston's paternity of Jeffrey was established by a paternity action in 1990. … A mother (married or unmarried) risks her life to bear the child and therefore qualifies. ...

Johnson v. Tradewell Stores, Inc.

95 Wash. 2d 739 · Washington Supreme Court · Jul 2, 1981

If, however, the director is satisfied with the financial ability of the self-insured employer, such employer may qualify without ever having established an escrow account. … Neither the equal protection clause nor the privileges and immunities clause requires perfection in legislative classification.

Bower v. Bower

5 Wash. 225 · Washington Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1892

Such being the object of our statute, it is contended on the part of the respondent that the will can be sustained if it is made clearly to appear to the court, either by the terms of the will itself or by satisfactory proof … clauses to the absolute language before used that the present rule of decision was established.

O'Meara v. Washington State Board Against Discrimination

58 Wash. 2d 793 · Washington Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1961

established by the way the act itself defines the phrase publicly-assisted housing. … But the second proposition is qualified by limitations which compound the difficulties of one who assails the legislative decision.

Entiat Delta Orchards Co. v. Unknown Heirs

99 Wash. 84 · Washington Supreme Court · Nov 22, 1917

Saska came clearly within every requirement of the homestead law and the act of 1875. … It makes one qualified under the act of 1875 a full citizen, whereas, one who might be qualified under the act of 1884 would not be affected by it.

Ravenscroft v. Washington Water Power

969 P.2d 75 · Washington Supreme Court · Dec 24, 1998

In order for the legislative intent exception to apply, the regulation establishing a duty must intend to identify and protect a particular and circumscribed class of persons, and this intent must be clearly expressed within … Ideally, the more certain landowners are of their liabilities and immunities, the more they will open their lands to the public. [3] To this end, the Legislature has clearly expressed its will.

State v. Krug

12 Wash. 288 · Washington Supreme Court · Jul 15, 1895

must set forth the offense with clearness and all necessary certainty to apprise the accused of the crime with which he stands charged, and that every ingredient of which the offense was composed must be accurately and clearly … They lack the certainty and precision required by the established rules of criminal pleading.”

Cockrum v. C.H. Murphy/Clark-Ullman, Inc.

Washington Supreme Court · May 29, 2025

An exception to employer immunity is for deliberate injury. RCW 51.24.020. … The legislature did not grant immunity to employers who injured employees intentionally.

Washington Kelpers Ass'n v. State

81 Wash. 2d 410 · Washington Supreme Court · Nov 14, 1972

The legislature has established license requirements for all segments of the commercial fishery. … Clearly, RCW 75.12.650 applies equally to all persons within the statutory class.

State v. Fields

85 Wash. 2d 126 · Washington Supreme Court · Jan 10, 1975

Clearly CrR 2.3(b) authorizes the issuance of a search warrant in a substantially broader class of crimes than does RCW 10.79.015. … They have no constitutional right to be immune from a reasonable search and seizure under a warrant issued upon probable cause as to any particular class of crime.

State Ex Rel. Fleming v. Cohn

12 Wash. 2d 415 · Washington Supreme Court · Feb 10, 1942

The debt was established by the judgment. The latter was uncontested by appeal, and the obligation is ascertained and fixed. … Clearly we think such a suit, even though brought against its officer, must in effect be a suit against the state.” In the case of Weber v.

Yakima First Baptist Homes, Inc. v. Gray

82 Wash. 2d 295 · Washington Supreme Court · May 24, 1973

The pertinent portions of RCW 84.36.040, as set out in the majority opinion, establish a fourfold test for property tax exemption: [ 1. … Clearly, both the rent subsidy and the other gifts from individual businesses and members of the public constitute “public donations”.

Crown Zellerbach Corp. v. State

45 Wash. 2d 749 · Washington Supreme Court · Dec 16, 1954

It is the measure of the tax, rather than subject matter, which violates the constitutional immunity of interstate commerce.” … Evatt, supra, it was said (p. 420): “It has long been established that a state can tax the business of manufacturing.

State v. Hirabayashi

133 Wash. 462 · Washington Supreme Court · Mar 16, 1925

affairs of said corporation including the management of the land hereinbefore described; that the defendant Nora Murphy, guardian of said minor Yoshiko Katsuno, held the aforementioned one (1) share of stock in order to qualify … theory that no subterfuge, however skillfully concealed, which results in giving to an alien the right to control, possession, use, and the enjoyment of rents, issues and profits of land *471 will be permitted to thwart the established

Joyce v. Department of Corrections

155 Wash. 2d 306 · Washington Supreme Court · Sep 15, 2005

Another case is not relevant to our analysis because it determined whether a state agent had qualified immunity from suit, not whether a duty existed. See Savage v. … State, 127 Wn.2d 434 , 899 P.2d 1270 (1995) (holding that even though a parole officer may enjoy qualified immunity, it did not extend to the government).