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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 23 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Port of Seattle v. Pollution Control Hearings Board.

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1 Port of Seattle v. Pollution Control Hearings Board Anchor
wash · 2004
green “where there is room for two opinions, and the agency acted honestly and upon due consideration, this court should not find that an action was arbitrary and capricious, even though this court may have reached the opposite conclusion.” 8
2 Hillis v. Department of Ecology
wash · 1997
green “willful and unreasoning and taken without regard to the attending facts or circumstances.” 7
3 Port of Seattle v. Pollution Control Hearings Board
wash · 2004
green “is willful and unreasoning and taken without regard to the attending facts or circumstances.” 5
4 Hillis v. Department of Ecology
wash · 1997
green “agency action is arbitrary and capricious if it is willful and unreasoning and taken without regard to the attending facts or circumstances.” 3

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