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
- 571 F2D 58American Science and Engineering, Inc. v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- 571 F2D 538DiViaio v. Kelley
- 571 F2D 514Western Casualty & Surety Co. v. Commissioner
- 571 F2D 510Ruiz-Mancilla v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 571 F2D 528United States v. Nolan
- 571 F2D 450United States v. Groves
- 571 F2D 432Beaird-Poulan Division, Emerson Electric Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 571 F2D 423Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Algona, Iowa v. Insurance Department of Iowa and Herbert W. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance
- 571 F2D 4Blount Bros. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 571 F2D 359Porter County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. v. Costle
- 571 F2D 337Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
- 571 F2D 338Crocker v. Commissioner
- 571 F2D 328Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation, Inc. v. Califano
- 571 F2D 376United States v. Mackey
- 571 F2D 279National Labor Relations Board v. W. R. Grace & Co., Construction Products Division
- 571 F2D 272Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems, Inc. v. Hollinhead
- 571 F2D 238Bolden v. City of Mobile
- 571 F2D 209Nevett v. Sides
- 571 F2D 462National Labor Relations Board v. Triumph Curing Center
- 571 F2D 195Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority v. Lowell W. Perry, Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority v. Lowell W. Perry, Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- 571 F2D 174Sanderling, Inc. v. Commissioner
- 571 F2D 141Mobilfone of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Commonwealth Telephone Co.
- 571 F2D 1371Mid-Continent Supply Co. v. Commissioner
- 571 F2D 1351United States v. Bradford
- 571 F2D 257Thomasville Branch of the National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Thomas County
- 571 F2D 185Employees Protective Ass'n v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
- 571 F2D 1323United States v. Garrett
- 571 F2D 1310D. C. Federation of Civic Associations v. Adams
- 571 F2D 1294The Nature Conservancy v. MacHipongo Club, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation, the Nature Conservancy v. MacHipongo Club, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation
- 571 F2D 1306Curry v. Commissioner
- 571 F2D 1299Fairfax Countywide Citizens Ass'n v. County of Fairfax
- 571 F2D 129Securities & Exchange Commission v. Vesco
- 571 F2D 1289Virginia Electric and Power Company v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and United States of America, Commonwealth of Virginia, Intervenor. North Anna Environmental Coalition v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and United States of America, Virginia Electric and Power Company, Intervenor, Commonwealth of Virginia, Intervenor
- 571 F2D 1283United States v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
- 571 F2D 1273Mayor of Baltimore v. Mathews
- 571 F2D 1257Crowell v. Zahradnick
- 571 F2D 1243The Youngstown Cartage Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, the Youngstown Cartage Co. v. The Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Associated Truck Lines, Inc., Intervenor
- 571 F2D 1231New York Shipping Association, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission and United States of America, States Marine International, Inc., Intervenors. States Marine International, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission and United States of America, New York Shipping Association, Inc., Intervenor
- 571 F2D 1190Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. United States
- 571 F2D 1133International Paper Co. v. Whitson
- 571 F2D 1132Prune Bargaining Ass'n v. Bergland
- 571 F2D 1115United States v. Shields
- 571 F2D 1213New England Power Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 571 F2D 1025Midwest Video Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors. American Civil Liberties Union v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors
- 571 F2D 1092Parkside, Inc. And Beaconcrest, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 571 F2D 1017Fruin-Colnon Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 571 F2D 1004Jackson County v. Jones
- 570 F2D 999United States v. Roberts
- 570 F2D 965Industrial Union Department v. Bingham
- 570 F2D 957Knable v. Wilson