47 Wash. App. 749 - Irwin v. Mount’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · United States v. Four Million, Two Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand · Baker v. United States · 91 Wash. 2d 135 - Aripa v. Department of Social & Health Services · 106 Wash. 2d 376 - Deeter v. Smith
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he burden of producing evidence shall be upon the person claiming to be the lawful owner or the person claiming to have the lawful right to possession of items specified in subsection (a)(4) or (a)(7) of this section.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In any proceeding to forfeit property under this title, where the claimant substantially prevails, the claimant is entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees reasonably incurred by the claimant. In addition, in a court hearing between two or more claimants to the article or articles involved, the prevailing party is entitled to a judgment for costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“initial burden . . . upon the claimant to show a lawful interest in the subject property”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.