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
- 305 F2D 763Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- 305 F2D 754Menaghan v. Lawton
- 305 F2D 753Sarah E. Henry v. Auchincloss, Parker & Fedpath, a Partnership, and Hugh D. Auchincloss, Hugh D. Auchincloss v. Union Trust Company of the District of Columbia
- 305 F2D 73Abraham Tow v. Miners Memorial Hospital Association, Inc., a Corporation
- 305 F2D 717Vapor Blast Independent Shop Worker's Ass'n v. Simon
- 305 F2D 699Self v. Hanson
- 305 F2D 686Laudenslager v. Commissioner
- 305 F2D 670National Labor Relations Board v. Holly-General Co.
- 305 F2D 664Ginsberg v. Commissioner
- 305 F2D 659Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp. v. Gunderson Bros. Engineering
- 305 F2D 643The Lodge & Shipley Company v. The United States of America, the Lodge & Shipley Company v. The United States of America
- 305 F2D 610Commissioner v. Valley Morris Plan
- 305 F2D 557Patterson v. Belcher
- 305 F2D 559National Labor Relations Board v. American Aggregate Co.
- 305 F2D 54Phoenix Assurance Co. v. City of Buckner
- 305 F2D 519Julius Mendelson and Pearl Mendelson, His Wife v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 305 F2D 486Edgar M. Creamer, Jr. v. Loren R. Kirkwood and Alton J. Torre
- 305 F2D 479Harvey Aluminum (Inc.) v. American Screen Products Co.
- 305 F2D 474S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Gaston Johnston Corp.
- 305 F2D 473Goldenrod Ice Cream Co. v. Louisville Pecan Co.
- 305 F2D 444Jensen v. United States
- 305 F2D 433Allied Chemical Corp. v. United States
- 305 F2D 393The Central Trust Company and Albert E. Heekin, Jr., Co-Executors of the Estate of Albert E. Heekin, Deceased v. The United States. Katharine Heekin Herrlinger, James R. Heekin, Jr., and the Central Trust Company, Executors Under the Will of James J. Heekin, Deceased v. The United States. The Central Trust Company, Successor and Trustee Under the Will of Alma R. Heekin, Deceased v. The United States
- 305 F2D 460Scott v. United States
- 305 F2D 376National Labor Relations Board v. Warmack-Fitts Steel Co.
- 305 F2D 375Monroe Auto Equipment Co. v. Heckethorn Manufacturing & Supply Co.
- 305 F2D 319United States v. Buhler
- 305 F2D 290Martin v. Commissioner
- 305 F2D 27E. O. Bookwalter, District Director of Internal Revenue v. Centropolis Crusher Company
- 305 F2D 242National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co.
- 305 F2D 226Barnes v. Smith
- 305 F2D 221Wright v. Hartsell
- 305 F2D 189Reiner v. Bankers Security Corp.
- 305 F2D 166National Labor Relations Board v. Davidson Rubber Co.
- 305 F2D 15Wah Chang Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 305 F2D 124Fontaine v. Patterson
- 305 F2D 107United Pacific Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Harold Meyer, United Pacific Insurance Company, a Washington Corporation v. C. G. Pope
- 305 F2D 1Hoffman v. Ribicoff
- 304 F2D 957William Edison Owen v. Milton S. Kronheim, Jr.
- 304 F2D 954Stapleton v. Macy
- 304 F2D 954Philip Y. Craig v. Alvin C. Doak, John T. Cox and Alvin C. Doak v. Philip Y. Craig
- 304 F2D 950Frederic L. Paterson v. Mildred E. Reeves
- 304 F2D 944Safarek v. Udall
- 304 F2D 938Royal Netherlands Steamship Company v. Federal Maritime Board (Now Federal Maritime Commission) and United States of America, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Intervenor. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. v. Federal Maritime Board (Now Federal Maritime Commission) and United States of America, Houston Freight Forwarding Company, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Board (Now Federal Maritime Commission) and United States of America, Bartlett-Collins Company v. Federal Maritime Board (Now Federal Maritime Commission) and United States of America
- 304 F2D 943District of Columbia v. Moody
- 304 F2D 931Harry Novicki, a Minor, by Harlan Novicki, His Guardian, and Harlan Novicki and Mary Novicki v. Blaw-Knox Company, a Corporation
- 304 F2D 923Central Trust Co. of Cincinnati v. Welch
- 304 F2D 915Sanders Associates, Inc. v. Galion Iron Works & Manufacturing Co.
- 304 F2D 886J. L. Simmons Company, Inc., a Corporation v. The United States
- 304 F2D 891Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp. v. Faberge, Inc.