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
- 455 F2D 485Robert J. Washington v. Elliott L. Richardson
- 455 F2D 432United States v. Consolidated Mines & Smelting Co.
- 455 F2D 3314 Fair empl.prac.cas. 257, 4 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7647 Linell Long v. Georgia Kraft Company
- 455 F2D 308United States v. Wenger
- 455 F2D 277Bundy v. Penn Central Co.
- 455 F2D 255Treutler v. Meredith Corp.
- 455 F2D 220Cincinnati Transit, Inc. v. Commissioner
- 455 F2D 207Taliaferro v. Stafseth
- 455 F2D 199McFerren v. County Board of Education of Fayette County
- 455 F2D 161Hoffman v. Commissioner
- 455 F2D 1377Trueworthy v. Gelman Construction Co.
- 455 F2D 1376Thomason v. Laird
- 455 F2D 1345Homcy v. Resor
- 455 F2D 1317United States v. William A. Hines, United States of America v. Theodore M. Ware
- 455 F2D 1338United States v. Butler
- 455 F2D 1289M. Steinthal & Co. v. Seamans
- 455 F2D 1306The Wheelabrator Corporation v. John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, the Wheelabrator Corporation v. John H. Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, the Carborundum Company
- 455 F2D 1281Ceola Cooks v. Roland Fowler, T/a J. Edward Fowler and Son
- 455 F2D 1287Reiss v. Richardson
- 455 F2D 1283Jeanie Blanks v. Roland Fowler, T/a J. Edward Fowler and Son
- 455 F2D 1242United States v. 412.93 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Franklin and Towamensing Townships, Carbon County, State of Pennsylvania, Tract No. 113, Percy and Mabel Campbell, Tract No. 114, George and Anne Schild, United States of America v. 63.85 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Franklin and Towamensing Townships, Carbon County, State of Pennsylvania, Tract No. 618, Hector and Janet McFarquhar Tract No. 637, Susie E. Lawrence, United States of America v. 195.11 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Franklin and Towamensing Townships, Carbon County, State of Pennsylvania, Tract No. 621, John F., Jr., and Louise S. Stine
- 455 F2D 123Parrent v. Midwest Rug Mills, Inc.
- 455 F2D 1222Vigil v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- 455 F2D 1134National Labor Relations Board v. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. of Mansfield
- 455 F2D 1111Lathan v. Volpe
- 455 F2D 1248National Labor Relations Board v. Union de Empleados de la Industria del Enlatado de Pescado y Ramas Anexas de P. R.
- 455 F2D 1014 Fair empl.prac.cas. 152, 4 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7633 Air Lines Stewards and Stewardesses Association, Local 550, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Applicant for Intervention-Appellant v. American Airlines, Inc., and Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- 455 F2D 1United States v. Kenner
- 454 F2D 957United States v. Thornton
- 454 F2D 941City of Lafayette, Louisiana, City of Plaquemine, Louisiana v. Securities and Exchange Commission, Louisiana Power & Light Company, Intervenor. City of Lafayette, Louisiana, City of Plaquemine, Louisiana v. Federal Power Commission, Gulf States Utilities Company, Intervenor
- 454 F2D 928Blackwell College of Business v. Attorney General of United States
- 454 F2D 918United States v. Sambro
- 454 F2D 88Lodge 1327, International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. Fraser & Johnston Co.
- 454 F2D 875National Labor Relations Board v. Local 85, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- 454 F2D 899National Life Insurance v. Silverman
- 454 F2D 735Adams v. Warden of Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman
- 454 F2D 728Usher v. United States
- 454 F2D 725United States v. Ruggirello
- 454 F2D 686National Labor Relations Board v. International Equipment Co.
- 454 F2D 613Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. v. Bartlett
- 454 F2D 596Anderson v. Richardson
- 454 F2D 545Hodgson v. Lodge 851, International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
- 454 F2D 527Engine Specialties, Inc. v. Bombardier Ltd.
- 454 F2D 520Utrad Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 454 F2D 515Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Titanium Metals Corp. of America
- 454 F2D 510Rosemary C. Mogge and Office Employees International Union, Local 28, Afl-Cio v. District 8, International Association of MacHinists Afl-Cio
- 454 F2D 5National Labor Relations Board v. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
- 454 F2D 473American Consulting Corp. v. United States
- 454 F2D 490James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Fairmont Supply Company, a Corporation
- 454 F2D 423Tokugawa v. Rosenberg