StateNinth Circuit
Washington
21 courts3 law schools13 law libraries80+ judges107,418 opinions mention this place
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Federal courts in Washington
- Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsCourt of Appeals · Seattle
- Washington Eastern District CourtDistrict Court · Yakima
- Washington Eastern District CourtDistrict Court · Richland
- Washington Eastern District CourtDistrict Court · Spokane
- Washington Western District CourtDistrict Court · Seattle
- Washington Western District CourtDistrict Court · Tacoma
- Washington Eastern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Spokane
- Washington Eastern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Yakima
- Washington Western Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Tacoma
- Washington Western Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Seattle
State courts in Washington
- Washington Supreme CourtState Supreme Court
- Court of Appeals of WashingtonState Appellate Court
- Justice Court of Village of Port WashingtonState Trial Court
- Oyer and Terminer, Washington CountyState Trial Court
- Washington County Circuit CourtState Trial Court
- Washington County CourtState Trial Court
- Washington County Court of Common PleasState Trial Court
- Washington County Court of Quarter SessionsState Trial Court
- Washington County Probate CourtState Trial Court
- Washington County Superior Court, Ga.State Trial Court
- Washington TerritoryState Special Court
Landmark decisions involving Washington
- Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
- Rasul v. Bush (2004)542 U.S. 466
- Crawford v. Washington (2004)541 U.S. 36
- Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)542 U.S. 507
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
- Lawrence v. Texas (2003)539 U.S. 558
- Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 244
- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
- Ring v. Arizona (2002)536 U.S. 584
- Atkins v. Virginia (2002)536 U.S. 304
- United States v. Hatter (2001)532 U.S. 557
- United States v. Morrison (2000)529 U.S. 598
- Guy Mitchells v. Mary L Helms (2000)530 U.S. 793
- Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)530 U.S. 914
- Bush v. Gore (2000)531 U.S. 98
- Saenz v. Roe (1999)526 U.S. 489
- Vacco v. Quill (1997)521 U.S. 793
- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)521 U.S. 507
- Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)521 U.S. 702
- Hudson v. United States (1997)522 U.S. 93
- Reno v. ACLU (1997)521 U.S. 844
- Agostini v. Felton Chancellor Board of Education of the City of New York (1997)521 U.S. 203
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
- Romer v. Evans (1996)517 U.S. 620
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Recent opinions from Washington courts
- 567 P3D 1128R.L. McFarland v. Gregory A. Tompkins (2025)
- 568 P3D 278State v. Gator's Custom Guns, Inc. (2025)
- 566 P3D 847State v. J.H.-M. (2025)
- 565 P3D 921In re Recall of Ruelas (2025)
- 567 P3D 645Joseph B. Green v. Kootenai Heart Clinics, LLC (2025)
- 568 P3D 299M.R. v. State (2025)
- 567 P3D 634Arthur West V. Walla Walla City Council (2025)
- 567 P3D 19Jewels Helping Hands v. Hansen (2025)
- 569 P3D 325State Of Washington, V. Patrick Michael Callahan (2025)
- 565 P3D 139State Of Washington, V. Jeremy Ian Frieday (2025)
- 562 P3D 826State Of Washington, V Rocky G. Sindars (2025)
- 565 P3D 595State Of Washington, V. Christopher Ellis Hamilton (2025)
Law schools in Washington
- Gonzaga University School of LawABA · Spokane
- Seattle University School of LawABA · Seattle
- University of Washington School of LawABA · Seattle
Law libraries in Washington
- Chastek Library · Spokane
- Clark County Law Library · Vancouver
- Kitsap County Law Library · Port Orchard
- Pierce County Law Library · Tacoma
- Public Law Library of King County · Seattle
- Seattle University Law Library · Seattle
- Skagit County Law Library · Mt. Vernon
- Snohomish County Law Library · Everett
- Spokane County Law Library · Spokane
- University of Washington M.G. Gallagher Law Library · Seattle
- U.S. Courts Library · Seattle
- Washington State Law Library · Olympia
- Whatcom County Law Library · Bellingham
Judges who served in Washington
Federal judges with an appointment to a court located here.
Alan Angus McDonald- Anne Cruser
- Anne Ellington
- Ann Schindler
- Barbara Durham
Barbara Jacobs Rothstein- Barbara Madsen
Benjamin Hale Settle- Bernard F Veljacic
- Beth M Andrus
- Bill A Bowman
- Bobbe Jean Bridge
- Bradley A. Maxa
- Brian D. Lynch
Carolyn R. Dimmick- Cc Bridgewater
- Cecily Hazelrigg-Hernandez
- Charles F. Stafford
Charles Henry Leavy- Charles Horowitz
- Charles K. Wiggins
- Charles Lawrence Powell
- Charles T. Donworth
- Charles T. Wright
- Charles W. Johnson
- Charles Z. Smith
- Christine Quinn-Brintnall
- Christopher M. Alston
- Clinton Woodbury Howard
- Clyde G. Jeffers
Cornelius Holgate Hanford
David Estudillo- David H. Armstrong
- David S Mann
- Debra L. Stephens
- Dennis J. Sweeney
- Donald G. Abel
Donald S. Voorhees- Edgar Ward Schwellenbach
Edward E. Cushman
Edward F. Shea- Edward M. Connelly
Edward Whitson- Elaine Houghton
- Faith Ireland
- Floyd V. Hicks
- Frank Hale
Frank H. Rudkin
Franklin D. Burgess- Frank L. Kurtz
- Frank P. Weaver
Frederick L. Van Sickle- Frederick P. Corbit
- Fred Hudson Dore
- Fredrick G. Hamley
- George B. Fearing
- George B. Simpson
George Donworth
George Hugo Boldt- Gerry L. Alexander
- Harry Ellsworth Foster
- Hugh J. Rosellini
- Ian S Birk
Jack Edward Tanner
Jamal Norman Whitehead- James A. Andersen
James L. Robart- James M. Johnson
- James Morgan Dolliver
- James Verellen
- Janet S Chung
Jeremiah Neterer- Jill Johanson
- Joel Penoyar
- John A Rossmeissl
- John A. Schultheis
John C. Coughenour
John Clyde Bowen
John Hyungseung Chun- John Robinson
Find legal help in Washington
Practice-area guides and local resources for Washington.
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Cities in Washington
Ordered by number of opinions mentioning each city.
- Aberdeen
- Acme
- Addy
- Adna
- Airway Heights
- Albion
- Allyn
- Almira
- Amanda Park
- Amboy
- Anacortes
- Anatone
- Anderson Island
- Appleton
- Ardenvoir
- Ariel
- Arlington
- Ashford
- Asotin
- Auburn
- Bainbridge Island
- Baring
- Battle Ground
- Bay Center
- Beaver
- Belfair
- Bellevue
- Bellingham
- Belmont
- Benge
- Benton City
- Beverly
- Bickleton
- Bingen
- Black Diamond
- Blaine
- Blakely Island
- Bonney Lake
- Bothell
- Bow
- Boyds
- Bremerton
- Brewster
- Bridgeport
- Brinnon
- Brownstown
- Brush Prairie
- Buckley
- Bucoda
- Buena
- Burbank
- Burley
- Burlington
- Burton
- Camano Island
- Camas
- Camp Murray
- Carbonado
- Carlsborg
- Carlton
- Carnation
- Carrolls
- Carson
- Cashmere
- Castle Rock
- Cathlamet
- Centerville
- Centralia
- Chattaroy
- Chehalis
- Chelan
- Chelan Falls
- Cheney
- Chewelah
- Chimacum
- Chinook
- Cinebar
- Clallam Bay
- Clarkston
- Clayton
- Cle Elum
- Clearlake
- Clinton
- Colbert
- Colfax
- College Place
- Colton
- Colville
- Conconully
- Concrete
- Connell
- Conway
- Copalis Beach
- Copalis Crossing
- Cosmopolis
- Cougar
- Coulee City
- Coulee Dam
- Coupeville
- Cowiche
- Creston
- Curlew
- Curtis
- Cusick
- Custer
- Dallesport
- Danville
- Darrington
- Davenport
- Dayton
- Deer Harbor
- Deer Park
- Deming
- Dixie
- Doty
- Dryden
- Dupont
- Duvall
- East Olympia
- East Wenatchee
Opinions mentioning Washington
- 832 F2D 857Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. National Labor Relations Board
- 832 F2D 837Perry v. Leeke
- 832 F2D 806Trenton v. Scott Paper Co.
- 832 F2D 778United States v. Messerlian, Harry H., in 85-5323. United States of America v. Wolkowski, Henry F., in 86-5345
- 832 F2D 774United States v. Dale Smith, Suzanne Smith, Gordon E. Mills and Sharon R. Mills
- 832 F2D 759In the Matter of the Arbitration Between International Longshoremen's Association, Afl-Cio v. Delta Steamship Lines, Inc.
- 832 F2D 739Minpeco S.A. v. ContiCommodity Services, Inc.
- 832 F2D 743Trichilo v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
- 832 F2D 601Veg-Mix, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
- 832 F2D 60In re Grand Jury Testimony
- 832 F2D 593Beacon Oil Co. v. United States
- 832 F2D 574George Hyman Construction Co. v. United States
- 832 F2D 637Gustafson v. International Progress Enterprises
- 832 F2D 51Griffon v. United States Department of Health & Human Services
- 832 F2D 502Teamsters Pension Trust Fund-Board of Trustees of the Western Conference v. Allyn Transportation Co., Board of Trustees of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund, Plaintiff/counterdefendants/appellees v. Landy Corporation, and Landy Leasing, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Defendant/counterclaimant/appellant. Board of Trustees of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund, Plaintiff/counterdefendants/appellees v. Landy Corporation, and Energy Carriers, Inc., Defendant/counterclaimant/appellant. Board of Trustees of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund, Plaintiff/counterdefendants/appellees v. Landy Corporation, Defendant/counterclaimant/appellant, and Energy Carriers and Landy Leasing, Inc.
- 832 F2D 470In Re Hops Antitrust Litigation (Four Cases). Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. John I. Haas, Gmbh Joh. Barth & Sohn Horst Co. Sebastian Klotz Fromm, Mayer-Bass, Gmbh, L. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. John I. Haas, Gmbh Joh. Barth & Sohn Horst Co. Sebastian Klotz Fromm, Mayer-Bass, Gmbh L. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. John I. Haas, Gmbh Joh. Barth & Sohn Horst Co. Sebastian Klotz Fromm, Mayer-Bass, Gmbh L. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. John I. Haas, Gmbh Joh. Barth & Sohn Horst Co. Sebastian Klotz Fromm, Mayer-Bass, Gmbh, L. Oppenheimer & Co., Inc
- 832 F2D 403Levin v. Commissioner
- 832 F2D 349Russell v. Commissioner
- 832 F2D 340Red Fox Industries, Inc. v. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance
- 832 F2D 342Robert Cobb v. E.P. Perini
- 832 F2D 299Official Committee of Equity Security Holders v. Mabey
- 832 F2D 282Rossman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
- 832 F2D 171Gencom Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 832 F2D 189Columbia Communications Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 832 F2D 158Ava P. Trahan v. Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury
- 832 F2D 1489Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Marsh
- 832 F2D 1427Robert Earl Mister, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company
- 832 F2D 1380Zola W. Rittenhouse v. Edward H. Mabry, Jr.
- 832 F2D 1446Lewis v. Lane
- 832 F2D 150Horner v. Garza
- 832 F2D 132Gulf Arab Media--Arab American Film Company, a California Partnership v. The Faisal Foundation, Etc.
- 832 F2D 1285American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 832 F2D 1236In Re James Estil Atchison, Sr. & Ruth Atchison, Debtors. Merchants Bank v. James Estil Atchison, Sr. And Ruth Atchison
- 832 F2D 1233Demps v. Dugger
- 832 F2D 1229National Labor Relations Board v. Weathercraft Co. of Topeka, Inc.
- 832 F2D 1201Public Service Co. of New Mexico v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 832 F2D 1180Society of Professional Journalists v. Secretary of Labor
- 832 F2D 1142Sandra J. Knudson v. City of Ellensburg, Lawrence M. Loveless and Jane Doe Loveless, and the Marital Community Composed Thereof
- 832 F2D 1011United States ex rel. Savory v. Lane
- 831 F2D 931Chapoose v. Hodel
- 831 F2D 926Rosebud Coal Sales Co. v. Weigand
- 831 F2D 984Environmental Coalition of Broward County, Inc. v. Myers
- 831 F2D 903In Re Shoreline Concrete Company, Inc., Debtor. Shoreline Concrete Company, Inc. v. United States of America, and Harold Heath, Trustee
- 831 F2D 875Riles v. Bennett
- 831 F2D 856Schroeder v. Commissioner
- 831 F2D 843International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots v. Andrews
- 831 F2D 84United States v. $400,000.00 in United States Currency
- 831 F2D 833Moss v. Commissioner
- 831 F2D 806Prelvitz v. Milsop
- 831 F2D 750Hernandez-Patino v. Immigration & Naturalization Service