66 Wash. 2d 578 - State v. Dawes’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Ex Rel. Bremerton Bridge Co. v. Superior Court · 61 Wash. 2d 153 - State Ex Rel. Lange v. SUP. CT. FOR KING CTY. · 52 Wash. 2d 282 - State Ex Rel. Sternoff v. SUP'R CT. FOR KING CTY. · 63 Wash. 2d 34 - State Ex Rel. Dawes v. Washington State Highway Commission
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Under the provisions of Const. Art 1, § 16 (amendment 9)[ 4 ] and our interpretation thereof, the issue of whether a proposed acquisition be really for a public use is solely a judicial question, although a legislative declaration thereof will be accorded great weight. . . . On the other hand, the issue of whether the contemplated acquisition is necessary to carry out the proposed public use presents a legislative question, and a declaration of necessity by the appropriate legislative body will, by the courts, be deemed conclusive, in the absence of proof of actual fraud or such arbitrary and capricious conduct as would amount to constructive fraud.[ 5 ]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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