7 Washington opinions name it 1 courts 1921–2025 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 |
|---|---|---|
Philippides v. Bernardgreen2 sentences2009See Philippides v. Bernard, 151 Wash.2d 376, 384-85 , 88 P.3d 939 (2004) (interpreting RCW 4.24.010 to hold that the legislature's creation of a new support requirement for parents of minors that included emotional support did not abolish the financial support requirements for second tier beneficiaries in RCW 4.20.020). ¶ 11 Under these guidelines, courts have generally allowed claims by beneficiaries who can demonstrate they had a need for the decedent's regular contributions of support. 2009See Philippides v. Bernard, 151 Wn.2d 376, 384-85 , 88 P.3d 939 (2004) (interpreting RCW 4.24.010 to hold that the legislature’s creation of a new support requirement for parents of minors that included emotional support did not abolish the financial support requirements for second tier beneficiaries in RCW 4.20.020). ¶11 Under these guidelines, courts have generally allowed claims by beneficiaries who can demonstrate they had a need for the decedent’s regular contributions of support. | 2 | 2 |
Philippides v. Bernardgreen2 sentences2009See Philippides v. Bernard, 151 Wash.2d 376, 384-85 , 88 P.3d 939 (2004) (interpreting RCW 4.24.010 to hold that the legislature's creation of a new support requirement for parents of minors that included emotional support did not abolish the financial support requirements for second tier beneficiaries in RCW 4.20.020). ¶ 11 Under these guidelines, courts have generally allowed claims by beneficiaries who can demonstrate they had a need for the decedent's regular contributions of support. 2009See Philippides v. Bernard, 151 Wn.2d 376, 384-85 , 88 P.3d 939 (2004) (interpreting RCW 4.24.010 to hold that the legislature’s creation of a new support requirement for parents of minors that included emotional support did not abolish the financial support requirements for second tier beneficiaries in RCW 4.20.020). ¶11 Under these guidelines, courts have generally allowed claims by beneficiaries who can demonstrate they had a need for the decedent’s regular contributions of support. | 2 | 2 |
Estes v. Schultegreen2 sentences2009Estes, 146 Wash. at 689 , 264 P. 990 (though the amounts varied, decedent provided monetary contributions regularly over a course of years); Mitchell, 183 Wash. at 406-07 , 48 P.2d 949 (decedent gave various sums of money at regular intervals to father over the course of the two years preceding his death). 2009Estes, 146 Wash. at 689 (though the amounts varied, decedent provided monetary contributions regularly over a course of years); Mitchell, 183 Wash. at 406-07 (decedent gave various sums of money to father at regular intervals over the course of the two years preceding his death). | 1 | 2 |
Mitchell v. Ricegreen2 sentences2009Estes, 146 Wash. at 689 , 264 P. 990 (though the amounts varied, decedent provided monetary contributions regularly over a course of years); Mitchell, 183 Wash. at 406-07 , 48 P.2d 949 (decedent gave various sums of money at regular intervals to father over the course of the two years preceding his death). 2009Estes, 146 Wash. at 689 (though the amounts varied, decedent provided monetary contributions regularly over a course of years); Mitchell, 183 Wash. at 406-07 (decedent gave various sums of money to father at regular intervals over the course of the two years preceding his death). | 1 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Washington. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Masunaga v. Gapasin
green
2 sentences1997Jackson defends the support requirement in ROW 4.24.010 on the theory that the Legislature can permis sibly "create a right which has certain limitations.” Pet. for Review at 10 (quoting Masunaga v. Gapasin, 57 Wn. 1997Jackson defends the support requirement in RCW 4.24.010 on the theory that the Legislature can permissibly "create a right which has certain limitations." Pet. for Review at 10 (quoting Masunaga v. Gapasin, 57 Wash.App. 624, 634 , 790 P.2d 171 (1990)). | 2 | 1997–1997 |
Guard v. Jackson
green
2 sentences1997Guard v. Jackson, 83 Wn. 1997Guard v. Jackson, 83 Wash. App. 325 , 921 P.2d 544 (1996). | 2 | 1997–1997 |
Washington State Farm Bureau v. Reed
green
1 sentence2025Wash. State Farm Bureau Fed’n v. Reed, 154 Wn.2d 668, 673 , 115 P.3d 301 (2005). | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Washington State Farm Bureau Federation v. Reed
green
1 sentence2025Wash. State Farm Bureau Fed’n v. Reed, 154 Wn.2d 668, 673 , 115 P.3d 301 (2005). | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Cully v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
neutral
2 sentences1926Co., 35 Wash. 241 , 77 Pac. 202 , it was held that the plaintiff’s right to discovery does not extend to all facts which may be material to the issue, but is confined to facts which are material to his own side of the controversy, and does not enable him to pry into the opposite party’s case. 1926Co., 35 Wash. 241 , 77 Pac. 202 , it was held that the plaintiff’s right to discovery does not extend to all facts which may be material to the issue, but is confined to facts which are material to his own side of the controversy, and does not enable him to pry into the opposite party’s case. | 1 | 1926–1926 |
City of Cincinnati v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
green
2 sentences1921R., 223 U. S. 390 , 56 L. 1921R., 223 U. S. 390 , 56 L. | 1 | 1921–1921 |
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.