State v. Townsend’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 55 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably State v. Athan (2007), State v. Christensen (2005)
2 federal appellate · 52 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 94 Wash. 2d 216 - State v. Green · 90 Wash. 2d 443 - State v. Workman · Folsom v. Burger King · 123 Wash. 2d 173 - State v. Young · 102 Wash. 2d 506 - State v. Myrick
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t shall be unlawful for any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or the state of Washington, its agencies, and political subdivisions to intercept, or record any: (a) Private communication transmitted by telephone, telegraph, radio, or other device between two or more individuals between points within or without the state by any device electronic or otherwise designed to record and/or transmit said communication regardless how such device is powered or actuated, without first obtaining the consent of all the participants in the communication.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“'belonging to oneself ... SECRET ... intended only for the persons involved (a ~ conversation) ... holding a confidential relationship to something ... a secret message: a private communication ... SECRETLY : not open or in public.' " Kipp , 179 Wash.2d at 729 , 317 P.3d 1029 (quoting WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY 1804-05 (1969) ) (alterations in original); Kadoranian v. Bellingham Police Dep't , 119 Wash.2d 178 , 190, 829 P.2d 1061 (1992). ¶ 26 Here, Racus thought he was texting "Kristl.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Racus · State v. Mankin“the duration and subject matter of the communication, the location of the communication, and the presence of potential third parties.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re Hopper · State v. Christensen
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.