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39 Washington opinions name it 2 courts 1984–2026 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Washington courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
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Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp.green2 sentences2024Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp., 112 Wn.2d 636, 648-49 (1989) (citation omitted). 2002See n.5, supra. See nn.3, 6, supra. EFF argues that because Sofie was decided after State Credit Ass’n, Sofie’s broad analogous approach to the historical analysis overrules State Credit Ass’n’s more narrow approach of an “exact common law equivalent.” Sofie, 112 Wn.2d at 649 ; State Credit Ass’n, 33 Wn. | 3 | 3 |
United States v. Howard L. Criden, Harry P. Jannotti, Louis C. Johanson, George X. Schwartz. Appeal of Philadelphia Newspapers, Incgreen2 sentences2014No. 43215 -3 -II United States v. Simone, 14 F.3d 833 , 838 -40 ( 3d Cir. 1994), and United States v. Criden, 675 F. 2d 550, 555 ( 3d Cir 1982), also do not assist Miller because the Third Circuit Court of Appeals did not find a historical analysis relevant to its determinations that a First Amendment right of access applied to preliminary criminal hearings ( Criden) or to a posttrial hearing on juror misconduct ( Simone). 2014And we cannot conclude that a pretrial discussion of a criminal statute is analogous to the extensive preliminary hearing proceedings examined in Press-Enterprise. ¶17 United States v. Simone, 14 F.3d 833, 838-40 (3d Cir. 1994), and United States v. Criden, 675 F.2d 550, 555 (3d Cir 1982), also do not assist Miller because the Third Circuit Court of Appeals did not find a historical analysis relevant to its determinations that a First Amendment right of access applied to preliminary criminal hearings (Criden) or to a posttrial hearing on juror misconduct (Simone). | 3 | 3 |
United States v. Callgreen2 sentences2013United States v. Call, 874 F. Supp. 2d 969, 976 (D. 2013United States v. Call, 874 F. Supp. 2d 969, 976 (D. | 2 | 2 |
United States v. Rabinowitzred2 sentences2001In his dissent in United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56 , 70 S.Ct. 430 , 94 L.Ed. 653 (1950), overruled in part on other grounds by Chimel, 395 U.S. 752 , 89 S.Ct. 2034 , 23 L.Ed.2d 685 , where the Court upheld the search of defendant's place of business as incident to the arrest, Justice Felix Frankfurter characterized the expanding scope of allowable searches as a "progressive distortion" of the historical rule that had limited such searches to the person of the arrestee and to articles "in such immediate physical relation to the one arrested as to be in a fair sense a projection of his p 2001In his dissent in United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56 , 70 S.Ct. 430 , 94 L.Ed. 653 (1950), overruled in part on other grounds by Chimel, 395 U.S. 752 , 89 S.Ct. 2034 , 23 L.Ed.2d 685 , where the Court upheld the search of defendant's place of business as incident to the arrest, Justice Felix Frankfurter characterized the expanding scope of allowable searches as a "progressive distortion" of the historical rule that had limited such searches to the person of the arrestee and to articles "in such immediate physical relation to the one arrested as to be in a fair sense a projection of his p | 2 | 2 |
United States v. Simonegreen2 sentences2014No. 43215 -3 -II United States v. Simone, 14 F.3d 833 , 838 -40 ( 3d Cir. 1994), and United States v. Criden, 675 F. 2d 550, 555 ( 3d Cir 1982), also do not assist Miller because the Third Circuit Court of Appeals did not find a historical analysis relevant to its determinations that a First Amendment right of access applied to preliminary criminal hearings ( Criden) or to a posttrial hearing on juror misconduct ( Simone). 2014And we cannot conclude that a pretrial discussion of a criminal statute is analogous to the extensive preliminary hearing proceedings examined in Press-Enterprise. ¶17 United States v. Simone, 14 F.3d 833, 838-40 (3d Cir. 1994), and United States v. Criden, 675 F.2d 550, 555 (3d Cir 1982), also do not assist Miller because the Third Circuit Court of Appeals did not find a historical analysis relevant to its determinations that a First Amendment right of access applied to preliminary criminal hearings (Criden) or to a posttrial hearing on juror misconduct (Simone). | 1 | 3 |
New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruengreen2 sentences2026Id. at 29. “[A]nalogical reasoning requires only that the government identify a well- established and representative historical analogue, not a historical twin.” Id. at 30. 2025In fact, the court in New York State Rifle, after having considered the historical analysis from “antebellum America,” determined that none of the limitations on the right to bear arms at issue operated to prevent “law-abiding citizens” from carrying arms in public. 597 U.S. at 5 . | 1 | 2 |
United States v. Rahimigreen2 sentences2026Again, as Rahimi held: Whether classified as an affray law or a distinct prohibition, the going armed laws prohibited “riding or going armed, with dangerous or unusual weapons, [to] terrify[ ] the good people of the land.” Such conduct disrupted the “public order” and “le[d] almost necessarily to actual violence.” Therefore, the law punished these acts with “forfeiture of the arms . . . and imprisonment.” 602 U.S. at 697 (alterations in original) (citations omitted) (quoting 4 BLACKSTONE, supra, at *149; State v. Huntly, 25 N.C. 418, 421-22 (1843)). 2025Additionally, Rahimi reaffirmed Heller’s more general pronouncement that prohibitions “on the possession of firearms by ‘felons’ ” were “ ‘presumptively lawful.’ ” 602 U.S. at 682 (quoting Heller, 554 U.S. at 626 ). | 1 | 2 |
State Ex Rel. Department of Ecology v. Andersongreen2 sentences2006Anderson, 94 Wn.2d at 729-30 (footnote omitted). “[I]n an equity case the court may empanel a jury only for advisory purposes, unless both parties consent to be bound by the verdict. . . .” Anderson, 94 Wn.2d at 731 (citing CR 39(c)). ¶10 Under the historical test, Washington courts determine the overall nature of an action by “lookfing] to see whether the claims in question were within the exclusive jurisdiction of the equity courts when the state constitution was adopted in 1889.” Auburn Mech., Inc. v. Lydig Constr., Inc., 89 Wn. 2006Anderson, 94 Wn.2d at 729-30 (footnote omitted). “[I]n an equity case the court may empanel a jury only for advisory purposes, unless both parties consent to be bound by the verdict. . . .” Anderson, 94 Wn.2d at 731 (citing CR 39(c)). ¶10 Under the historical test, Washington courts determine the overall nature of an action by “lookfing] to see whether the claims in question were within the exclusive jurisdiction of the equity courts when the state constitution was adopted in 1889.” Auburn Mech., Inc. v. Lydig Constr., Inc., 89 Wn. | 1 | 2 |
State v. Huntlygreen1 sentence2026Again, as Rahimi held: Whether classified as an affray law or a distinct prohibition, the going armed laws prohibited “riding or going armed, with dangerous or unusual weapons, [to] terrify[ ] the good people of the land.” Such conduct disrupted the “public order” and “le[d] almost necessarily to actual violence.” Therefore, the law punished these acts with “forfeiture of the arms . . . and imprisonment.” 602 U.S. at 697 (alterations in original) (citations omitted) (quoting 4 BLACKSTONE, supra, at *149; State v. Huntly, 25 N.C. 418, 421-22 (1843)). | 1 | 1 |
City of Seattle v. McCreadygreen2 sentences2018In Blomstrom, our Supreme Court held that, Generally speaking, “[i]t is . . . axiomatic that article 1, section 7 provides greater protection to an individual’s right of privacy than that guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.” State v. Parker, 139 Wn.2d 486, 493 , 987 P.2d 73 (1999) (plurality opinion); City of Seattle v. McCready, 123 Wn.2d 260, 267 , 868 P.2d 134 (1994) (“It is by now commonplace to observe Const. art. 1, § 7 provides protections for the citizens of Washington which are qualitatively different from, and in some cases broader than, those provided by the Fourth Amendment.”). 2018In Blomstrom, our Supreme Court held that, Generally speaking, “[i]t is . . . axiomatic that article 1, section 7 provides greater protection to an individual’s right of privacy than that guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.” State v. Parker, 139 Wn.2d 486, 493 , 987 P.2d 73 (1999) (plurality opinion); City of Seattle v. McCready, 123 Wn.2d 260, 267 , 868 P.2d 134 (1994) (“It is by now commonplace to observe Const. art. 1, § 7 provides protections for the citizens of Washington which are qualitatively different from, and in some cases broader than, those provided by the Fourth Amendment.”). | 1 | 1 |
Rhonda Ezell v. City of Chicagogreen1 sentence2017Instead, the Club relies on Ezell v. City of Chicago, in which the court held that a complete ban on all shooting ranges within the city of Chicago implicated the Second Amendment. 651 F.3d 684, 704-06 (7th Cir. 2011). | 1 | 1 |
State v. DeCicciogreen1 sentence2015The DeCiccio court completed a similar historical inquiry and found that knives were important for American soldiers and that dirk knives in particular were used by soldiers in the American military. 315 Conn. at 119. | 1 | 1 |
| WR Enterprises, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industriesgreen | 1 | 1 |
| State v. Avilagreen | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar v. City of Tacomagreen | 1 | 1 |
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United States v. William T. Smith, Jr. And Alan R. Stoneman. Appeal of John Doe
green
2 sentences2014United States v. Smith, 787 F. 2d 111 ( 3d Cir. 1986), also does not assist Miller. 2014United States v. Smith, 787 F.2d 111 (3d Cir. 1986), also does not assist Miller. | 3 | 2014–2014 |
Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
green
2 sentences2010To the contrary, the Court noted that the business records exception does not include documents kept in the regular course of business when "the regularly conducted business activity is the production of evidence for use at trial." Melendez-Diaz, 129 S.Ct. at 2538 . 2010To the contrary, the Court noted that the business records exception does not include documents kept in the regular course of business when “the regularly conducted business activity is the production of evidence for use at trial.” Melendez-Diaz, 129 S. Ct. at 2538 . | 3 | 2010–2010 |
District of Columbia v. Heller
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2 sentences2025Additionally, Rahimi reaffirmed Heller’s more general pronouncement that prohibitions “on the possession of firearms by ‘felons’ ” were “ ‘presumptively lawful.’ ” 602 U.S. at 682 (quoting Heller, 554 U.S. at 626 ). 2015Id. at 1154 . ¶62 In addition to a textual analysis of the Second Amendment, the Peruta court undertook a historical analysis to determine the original public understanding of the amendment’s scope and meaning. | 2 | 2015–2025 |
State v. Puapuaga
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2 sentences2011Puapuaga, 164 Wash.2d at 522 , 192 P.3d 360 . 2011Puapuaga, 164 Wn.2d at 522 . | 2 | 2011–2011 |
Frank H. Boomer, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. At & T Corporation, a New York Corporation
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2 sentences2008Boomer, 309 F.3d at 417-23 . 2008Boomer, 309 F.3d at 417-23 . | 2 | 2008–2008 |
Ting v. At&t
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2 sentences2008Id. ¶ 28 The Boomer court, relied upon by AT & T, failed to do a historical analysis. 2008Id. ¶28 The Boomer court, relied upon by AT&T, failed to do a historical analysis. | 2 | 2008–2008 |
Auburn Mechanical, Inc. v. Lydig Construction, Inc.
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2 sentences2006App. 893, 897-98 , 951 P.2d 311 (1998). 2006Anderson, 94 Wn.2d at 729-30 (footnote omitted). “[I]n an equity case the court may empanel a jury only for advisory purposes, unless both parties consent to be bound by the verdict. . . .” Anderson, 94 Wn.2d at 731 (citing CR 39(c)). ¶10 Under the historical test, Washington courts determine the overall nature of an action by “lookfing] to see whether the claims in question were within the exclusive jurisdiction of the equity courts when the state constitution was adopted in 1889.” Auburn Mech., Inc. v. Lydig Constr., Inc., 89 Wn. | 2 | 2006–2006 |
State v. Meade
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2 sentences2006Applying this historical analysis to the juvenile jury trial right, Chavez reasons that because the law drew no distinction between the jury trial rights of juveniles and adults when the Sixth Amendment was enacted, a juvenile is entitled to a jury trial. ¶ 12 The argument that Blakely mandates a right of jury trial for juveniles has been foreclosed by our holding in State v. Meade, 129 Wash.App. 918 , 120 P.3d 975 (2005). 2006Applying this historical analysis to the juvenile jury trial right, Chavez reasons that because the law drew no distinction between the jury trial rights of juveniles and adults when the Sixth Amendment was enacted, a juvenile is entitled to a jury trial. ¶12 The argument that Blakely mandates a right of jury trial for juveniles has been foreclosed by our holding in State v. Meade, 129 Wn. | 2 | 2006–2006 |
State v. State Credit Ass'n
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2 sentences2002See State v. Avila, 102 Wash.App. 882, 896 , 10 P.3d 486 (2000), review denied, 143 Wash.2d 1009 , 21 P.3d 290 (2001). [16] See footnote 5. [17] See footnotes 3 and 6. [18] EFF argues that because Sofie was decided after State Credit Ass'n, Sofie's broad analogous approach to the historical analysis overrules State Credit Ass'n `s more narrow approach of an "exact common law equivalent." Sofie, 112 Wash.2d at 649 , 771 P.2d 711 ; State Credit Ass'n, 33 Wash.App. at 621 , 657 P.2d 327 . 2002See n.5, supra. See nn.3, 6, supra. EFF argues that because Sofie was decided after State Credit Ass’n, Sofie’s broad analogous approach to the historical analysis overrules State Credit Ass’n’s more narrow approach of an “exact common law equivalent.” Sofie, 112 Wn.2d at 649 ; State Credit Ass’n, 33 Wn. | 2 | 2002–2002 |
Chimel v. California
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2 sentences2001In his dissent in United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56 , 70 S.Ct. 430 , 94 L.Ed. 653 (1950), overruled in part on other grounds by Chimel, 395 U.S. 752 , 89 S.Ct. 2034 , 23 L.Ed.2d 685 , where the Court upheld the search of defendant's place of business as incident to the arrest, Justice Felix Frankfurter characterized the expanding scope of allowable searches as a "progressive distortion" of the historical rule that had limited such searches to the person of the arrestee and to articles "in such immediate physical relation to the one arrested as to be in a fair sense a projection of his p 2001In his dissent in United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56 , 70 S.Ct. 430 , 94 L.Ed. 653 (1950), overruled in part on other grounds by Chimel, 395 U.S. 752 , 89 S.Ct. 2034 , 23 L.Ed.2d 685 , where the Court upheld the search of defendant's place of business as incident to the arrest, Justice Felix Frankfurter characterized the expanding scope of allowable searches as a "progressive distortion" of the historical rule that had limited such searches to the person of the arrestee and to articles "in such immediate physical relation to the one arrested as to be in a fair sense a projection of his p | 2 | 1999–2001 |
Bordeaux v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.
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2 sentences1998However, the third requirement for collateral estoppel as set out by the majority, and by this court in other recent cases, is far different from the historical requirement of identity “ ‘of persons and parties.’ ” Bordeaux v. Ingersoll Rand Co., 71 Wn.2d 392, 396 , 429 P.2d 207 (1967) (quoting Northern Pac. 1998However, the third requirement for collateral estoppel as set out by the majority, and by this court in other recent cases, is far different from the historical requirement of identity “ ‘of persons and parties.’ ” Bordeaux v. Ingersoll Rand Co., 71 Wn.2d 392, 396 , 429 P.2d 207 (1967) (quoting Northern Pac. | 2 | 1998–1998 |
State v. Speed
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2 sentences1998Goodner v. Speed, 96 Wn.2d 838, 840-41 , 640 P.2d 13 (1982), and by the United States Supreme Court in interpreting a civil litigant’s right to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment. 1998Goodner v. Speed, 96 Wn.2d 838, 840-41 , 640 P.2d 13 (1982), and by the United States Supreme Court in interpreting a civil litigant’s right to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment. | 2 | 1998–1998 |
Stropes Ex Rel. Taylor v. Heritage House Childrens Center of Shelbyville, Inc.
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2 sentences1997Stropes, 547 N.E.2d at 251 (citing Indianapolis Union Ry. 1997Stropes, 547 N.E.2d at 251 (citing Indianapolis Union Ry. | 2 | 1997–1997 |
State Of Washington, V. Howard Lee Ross
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2 sentences2025State v. Ross, 28 Wn. App. 2d 644 , 649, 537 P.3d 1114 (2023), review denied, 2 Wn.3d 1026 (2024), provides that “[New York State Rifle] did not overrule, or cast doubt on, the Court’s recognition in Heller and McDonald that the Second Amendment did not preclude prohibitions on felons possessing firearms.” State v. Bonaparte, 32 Wn. App. 2d 266 , 278, 554 P.3d 1245 (2024) review denied, 4 Wn.3d 1019 (2025), then notes the inability to explain away “the United States Supreme Court’s repeated articulation that prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons are presumptively lawful.” Bonapa 2025State v. Ross, 28 Wn. App. 2d 644 , 649, 537 P.3d 1114 (2023), review denied, 2 Wn.3d 1026 (2024), provides that “[New York State Rifle] did not overrule, or cast doubt on, the Court’s recognition in Heller and McDonald that the Second Amendment did not preclude prohibitions on felons possessing firearms.” State v. Bonaparte, 32 Wn. App. 2d 266 , 278, 554 P.3d 1245 (2024) review denied, 4 Wn.3d 1019 (2025), then notes the inability to explain away “the United States Supreme Court’s repeated articulation that prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons are presumptively lawful.” Bonapa | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Segura v. Cabrera
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1 sentence2024The dissenter concluded that the legislature intended mental anguish to be recoverable, in part, because of the modifier “any” attended to the phrase “actual damages.” The Supreme Court, in Segura v. Cabrera, 184 Wn.2d 587 (2015), noted the historical rule that a statute does not provide a remedy for emotional distress unless the statute can be violated only by conduct amounting to an intentional tort. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
State v. Parker
green
1 sentence2018In Blomstrom, our Supreme Court held that, Generally speaking, “[i]t is . . . axiomatic that article 1, section 7 provides greater protection to an individual’s right of privacy than that guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.” State v. Parker, 139 Wn.2d 486, 493 , 987 P.2d 73 (1999) (plurality opinion); City of Seattle v. McCready, 123 Wn.2d 260, 267 , 868 P.2d 134 (1994) (“It is by now commonplace to observe Const. art. 1, § 7 provides protections for the citizens of Washington which are qualitatively different from, and in some cases broader than, those provided by the Fourth Amendment.”). | 1 | 2018–2018 |
State v. Parker
green
1 sentence2018In Blomstrom, our Supreme Court held that, Generally speaking, “[i]t is . . . axiomatic that article 1, section 7 provides greater protection to an individual’s right of privacy than that guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.” State v. Parker, 139 Wn.2d 486, 493 , 987 P.2d 73 (1999) (plurality opinion); City of Seattle v. McCready, 123 Wn.2d 260, 267 , 868 P.2d 134 (1994) (“It is by now commonplace to observe Const. art. 1, § 7 provides protections for the citizens of Washington which are qualitatively different from, and in some cases broader than, those provided by the Fourth Amendment.”). | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Blomstrom v. Tripp
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2 sentences2018This historical rule has been repeatedly iterated and reaffirmed recently in Blomstrom v. Tripp, 189 Wn.2d 379 , 402 P.3d 831 (2017) and in Sprague. 2018This historical rule has been repeatedly iterated and reaffirmed recently in Blomstrom v. Tripp, 189 Wn.2d 379 , 402 P.3d 831 (2017) and in Sprague. | 1 | 2018–2018 |
| State v. Delgado green | 1 | 2015–2015 |
| Waring v. Clarke green | 1 | 2014–2014 |
| Brown v. Safeway Stores, Inc. green | 1 | 2014–2014 |
| Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside green | 1 | 2013–2013 |
| State v. Sublett green | 1 | 2013–2013 |
| McKeiver v. Pennsylvania green | 1 | 2006–2006 |
| Dimick v. Schiedt green | 1 | 1989–1989 |
| James v. Robeck green | 1 | 1989–1989 |
| American Bank & Trust Co. v. Community Hospital green | 1 | 1989–1989 |
| Baker v. Prewett neutral | 1 | 1989–1989 |
| Baker v. Prewitt neutral | 1 | 1989–1989 |
| Myers v. Smith green | 1 | 1984–1984 |
| Crawford v. Miller green | 1 | 1984–1984 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.