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
- 417 F2D 1078Fricks' Foods, Inc. v. Mar-Gold Corp.
- 417 F2D 1071United States of America, by John Mitchell, Attorney General v. The Board of Education of Crisp County, Georgia the Board of Education of Webster County, Georgia the Board of Education of Decatur County, Georgia the Board of Education of Screven County, Georgia, United States of America, by John N. Mitchell, Attorney General v. The Board of Education of Johnson County, Georgia
- 417 F2D 1065National Labor Relations Board v. Baton Rouge Waterworks Co.
- 417 F2D 1063Burke v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers
- 417 F2D 1058Aaron FINK, Petitioner, v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Respondent
- 417 F2D 106Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Petitioner-Respondent v. The Estate of H. W. Donnell, Deceased, Willie Hayden Donnell, and Willie Hayden Donnell, Respondents-Petitioners. The Estate of H. W. Donnell, Deceased, Willie Hayden Donnell, and Willie Hayden Donnell, Respondents-Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Petitioner-Respondent
- 417 F2D 1029National Labor Relations Board v. McNally Bros.
- 416 F2D 980Local 189 v. United States
- 416 F2D 998National Airlines, Inc. v. International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
- 416 F2D 971Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
- 416 F2D 945United States v. Herrero
- 416 F2D 942United States v. Ambers
- 416 F2D 933United States v. Edward M. Claridge and Kay T. Claridge, His Wife and State of Arizona Ex Rel. Obed M. Lassen
- 416 F2D 93Veenkant v. Commissioner
- 416 F2D 902Bally Case & Cooler, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 416 F2D 89Jones v. Finch
- 416 F2D 867Sid Richardson Carbon & Gasoline Co. v. United States
- 416 F2D 850United States v. Penney
- 416 F2D 840Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare v. Snell
- 416 F2D 833Parks v. Federal Crop Insurance
- 416 F2D 750National Labor Relations Board v. Henry Colder Co.
- 416 F2D 737Estate of Hutchen Upshaw, Deceased, Ardenia Upshaw, Administratrix, and Ardenia Upshaw, Individually v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Estate of Hutchen Upshaw, Deceased, Ardenia Upshaw, Administratrix,petitioner-Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 416 F2D 725Santa Fe Drilling Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 416 F2D 721Craig v. Finch
- 416 F2D 711Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.
- 416 F2D 702J. C. Penney Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 416 F2D 655Ramsey v. United Mine Workers of America
- 416 F2D 648Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc. v. David A. Hamil, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, Andclifford M. Hardin, Secretary of Agriculture, Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. v. David A. Hamil, Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration, Andclifford M. Hardin, Secretary of Agriculture
- 416 F2D 65United States v. 3,698.63 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Burleigh, Emmons and Morton Counties, State of North Dakota, and Anton Tschida, and Unknown Owners. Heirs of Herbert Lang, Deceased, Ralph E. Lang and Walter Lang, United States of America v. 2,134.46 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Burleigh and Morton Counties, State of North Dakota and Herman Bliese, and Unknown Owners. Alex W. MacLean Robert B. MacLean William v. MacLean and Pauline M. MacLean
- 416 F2D 627National Labor Relations Board v. Pinkerton's, Inc.
- 416 F2D 598Blazon, Inc. v. Blazon Mobile Homes Corp.
- 416 F2D 569National Labor Relations Board v. King Radio Corp.
- 416 F2D 565United States v. Claude S. Gossett Et Ux., United States of America v. Charles D. Williams
- 416 F2D 491Rosenthal v. Commissioner
- 416 F2D 477Huelsman v. Commissioner
- 416 F2D 459United States v. Brooks
- 416 F2D 441Glaros v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 416 F2D 386United States v. Lovett
- 416 F2D 371Bowling Green Manufacturing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 416 F2D 377Reed v. Udall
- 416 F2D 313Gray v. International Ass'n of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers, Local No. 51
- 416 F2D 285Pepsico, Inc. v. The Grapette Company, Inc., and Grapette-Aristocrat, Inc.
- 416 F2D 256National Labor Relations Board v. Easton Packing Co.
- 416 F2D 290Deakyne v. Commissioners of Lewes
- 416 F2D 207Ralston Purina Co. v. Parsons Feed & Farm Supply, Inc.
- 416 F2D 226S. S. S. Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
- 416 F2D 1391Robert N. Noyce v. Jack St. Clair Kilby, Jack St. Clair Kilby v. Robert N. Noyce
- 416 F2D 1345Electronic & Missile Facilities, Inc. v. United States
- 416 F2D 1335Emerson-Sack-Warner Corp. v. United States
- 416 F2D 1333National Labor Relations Board v. Billups Western Petroleum Co.