9 Washington opinions name it 2 courts 1940–2024 1 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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
State v. Maulegreen2 sentences2011See State v. Maule, 112 Wash.App. 887, 893 , 51 P.3d 811 , 77 P.3d 362 (2002) ("the State's interest in testimony from a witness who is incompetent is nil"). 2011See State v. Maule, 112 Wn. | 2 | 2 |
State v. Maulegreen1 sentence2011See State v. Maule, 112 Wash.App. 887, 893 , 51 P.3d 811 , 77 P.3d 362 (2002) ("the State's interest in testimony from a witness who is incompetent is nil"). | 1 | 1 |
Scoccolo Construction, Inc. v. City of Rentongreen1 sentence2005Id. at 616-17 (emphasis added). ¶18 Nothing in the franchise agreements, the “acting for” language in RCW 4.24.360, or the parties’ briefing for this appeal persuades us that these pronouncements in Scoccolo I require reexamination, and they are applicable to the remainder of our analysis. ¶19 Renton argues that “acting for” can refer only to agents and independent contractors hired by the contractee. | 1 | 1 |
State v. Hayegreen2 sentences1979See State v. Haye, 72 Wn.2d 461, 475 , 433 P.2d 884 (1967). 1979See State v. Haye, 72 Wn.2d 461, 475 , 433 P.2d 884 (1967). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Washington. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Mathews v. Eldridge
green
2 sentences2011While the majority accurately finds that Brousseau has a significant interest in his liberty, it skews the remainder of the analysis and confuses the question of whether there was error with whether it was harmless. ¶ 61 The State's interest, "including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail," id., is minimal. 2011While the majority accurately finds that Brousseau has a significant interest in his liberty, it skews the remainder of the analysis and confuses the question of whether there was error with whether it was harmless. ¶61 The State’s interest, “including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail,” id., is minimal. | 2 | 2011–2011 |
Miller v. Kennedy
green
1 sentence2024In 1974, we approved of a jury instruction that read, “‘[a] physician is not liable for an honest error of judgment if, in arriving at that judgment, the physician exercised reasonable care and skill, within the standard of care he was obliged to follow.’” Miller v. Kennedy, 11 Wn. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
State v. Norman
green
1 sentence2018Norman, 61 Wn. | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Victor v. Nebraska
green
1 sentence1997The Court expressed skepticism, however, about the modern juror’s understanding of the term, and examined the remainder of the instruction, noting that "the moral certainty language cannot be sequestered from its surroundings.” Victor, 511 U.S. at 16 . | 1 | 1997–1997 |
State v. Hessel
green
2 sentences1950After considering and rejecting arguments on behalf of the state to the effect that the instruction did not constitute reversible error, this court referred to the case of State v. Bessel, 112 Wash. 53 , 191 Pac. 637 , “. . . not because it is factually the same as the instant case, but because we believe it indicates the view of this court as to the care which should be exercised by a trial court in instructing on the definition of the crime charged in an information, and the confusion which may result if the court includes in such definition any act, even though it be in the same statute, no 1950After considering and rejecting arguments on behalf of the state to the effect that the instruction did not constitute reversible error, this court referred to the case of State v. Bessel, 112 Wash. 53 , 191 Pac. 637 , “. . . not because it is factually the same as the instant case, but because we believe it indicates the view of this court as to the care which should be exercised by a trial court in instructing on the definition of the crime charged in an information, and the confusion which may result if the court includes in such definition any act, even though it be in the same statute, no | 1 | 1950–1950 |
Moseley v. Mills
neutral
2 sentences1940The trial court relied upon the case of Moseley v. Mills, 145 Wash. 253 , 259 Pac. 715 , which was an action by a pedestrian seeking to recover damages for injuries resulting from being struck by a motor stage. 1940The trial court relied upon the case of Moseley v. Mills, 145 Wash. 253 , 259 Pac. 715 , which was an action by a pedestrian seeking to recover damages for injuries resulting from being struck by a motor stage. | 1 | 1940–1940 |
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.