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
- 789 F2D 1028Nocon v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 789 F2D 1021Evosevich v. Consolidation Coal Co.
- 789 F2D 1011Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hall's Motor Transit Co.
- 788 F2D 970Shah v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 788 F2D 92Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. British American Commodity Options Corp.
- 788 F2D 985Brewster v. Barnes
- 788 F2D 830Allendale Leasing, Inc. v. Stone
- 788 F2D 765Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Wichita and Affiliated Tribes of Oklahoma v. Donald P. Hodel, Secretary, Department of Interior Appeal of Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma
- 788 F2D 759Denby v. Washington
- 788 F2D 728Charter Medical Corp. v. Bowen
- 788 F2D 698Huie v. Bowen
- 788 F2D 695Sutton v. Commissioner
- 788 F2D 67United States v. Antonio J. Sancetta, M.D., P.C.
- 788 F2D 631Justine Justus Okot v. William L. Callahan
- 788 F2D 627Water West, Inc., a Nevada Corporation v. Entek Corporation, a Texas Corporation, and James Edward Turner
- 788 F2D 617Nunn v. Washington
- 788 F2D 669Dutton v. Brown
- 788 F2D 591McMullen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 788 F2D 586American Pacific Concrete Pipe Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 788 F2D 491Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Shamrock Optical Co.
- 788 F2D 476Total Petroleum, Inc. v. Davis
- 788 F2D 439Kuehner v. Ziegler Coal Co.
- 788 F2D 411Doe ex rel. Doe v. St. Joseph's Hospital of Fort Wayne
- 788 F2D 408Chapman v. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- 788 F2D 390United States v. White
- 788 F2D 33Mathes v. Commissioner
- 788 F2D 321McGonigal ex rel. McGonigal v. Gearhart Industries, Inc.
- 788 F2D 288Transorient Navigators Company, S.A., Cross-Appellant v. M/s Southwind, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Etc., in Rem and Westwind Africa Line, Ltd., Defendants-Third Party Cross-Appellees v. M/v Astros, in Rem and Transorient Navigators Co., S.A. In Personam, Third-Party Cross-Appellants. Flour Mills of Nigeria, Ltd. v. M/v Astros, in Rem and Transorient Navigators Co., S.A. In Personam, Cross-Appellants v. Westwind Africa Line, Ltd., and the M/s Southwind, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Etc., in Rem, Appellant-Cross Westwind Africa Line, Ltd v. The United States of America and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, New Orleans District
- 788 F2D 27Teamsters Local Union No. 175 v. National Labor Relations Board
- 788 F2D 242United States v. A-A-A Electrical Co.
- 788 F2D 252Ogden v. Commissioner
- 788 F2D 189Kobell ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local 23
- 788 F2D 164United States v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
- 788 F2D 1568Washington v. Lamar
- 788 F2D 1549Amodeo v. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
- 788 F2D 1512Parker v. Bowen
- 788 F2D 1493Adams v. Lankford
- 788 F2D 145548 Fair empl.prac.cas. 282, 40 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 36,107 Melba J. Taylor v. Hudson Pulp and Paper Corporation
- 788 F2D 1446Garcia-Mir v. Meese
- 788 F2D 1490Marshall Durbin Co. of Jasper, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 788 F2D 1411Financial Institution Employees Of America, Local No. 1182 Chartered By United Food And Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio, Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board
- 788 F2D 1419United States v. Handy
- 788 F2D 1406Orvis v. Commissioner
- 788 F2D 1412International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 387 v. National Labor Relations Board
- 788 F2D 1378National Labor Relations Board v. Vought Corp.-MLRS Systems Division
- 788 F2D 1284Gustafson v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n
- 788 F2D 1250United States v. Thomas
- 788 F2D 1208Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Ambassador Church Finance/Development Group, Inc.
- 788 F2D 1186Hansen v. White Motor Corp.
- 788 F2D 1161Banks v. Burkich