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
- 252 F2D 299Alto Company, a Partnership v. Fish Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- 252 F2D 300Meyer Chemical Company v. Anahist Co., Inc. (Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, Assignee, Substituted)
- 252 F2D 293Estate of MacCrowe v. Commissioner
- 252 F2D 268Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Peter Licavoli
- 252 F2D 243Dave Rubin and Jennie Feldman Rubin v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 252 F2D 23Sam Snyder v. Robert A. Riddell, District Director, Internal Revenue
- 252 F2D 200Ashcraft v. Commissioner
- 252 F2D 188L. M. Leathers' Sons v. Goldman
- 252 F2D 178United States v. T.I.M.E., Inc.
- 252 F2D 171United Mercuty Mines Company, a Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 252 F2D 167Russell, Poling & Company, Newtown Creek Towing Company and Chester A. Poling, Inc., Libellants-Appellants v. Conners Standard Marine Corporation and the Tug Corporal, and the Tug Russell No. 20 and Russell Bros. Towing Co., Inc., Respondents-Impleaded-Appellee. Russell, Poling & Company, Newtown Creek Towing Company and Chester A. Poling, Inc. v. United States of America, and Third-Fourth-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, (Conners Standard Marine Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent, Russell Bros. Towing Company, Inc., Fourth-Party Defendant-Respondent)
- 252 F2D 175Schaefer v. Welch
- 252 F2D 109Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Harry A. Ellis, Deceased, Helen R. Ellis, Bernard B. Largman and Dan Denenberg, Executors
- 252 F2D 116Guerrero-Zapata Bridge Co. v. United States
- 252 F2D 1The Home Insurance Company v. Thomas H. Riddell, Jr., and Charles F. Riddell
- 251 F2D 959National Labor Relations Board v. Triboro Carting Corp.
- 251 F2D 94Howells v. Fox
- 251 F2D 939Joyce O'COnnOr as Administratrix of Benedict O'connor, Deceased v. United States
- 251 F2D 924Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. v. Davis Manufacturing Co.
- 251 F2D 919Morris Mac Schwebel v. Andrew D. Orrick, Harold C. Patterson, Earl F. Hastings, James C. Sargent
- 251 F2D 918Capitol Hill Parking, Inc. v. The Washington Terminal Company, United States of America
- 251 F2D 915General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation v. Donovan
- 251 F2D 914Larry Scott, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Mary A. Scott v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
- 251 F2D 898Tucker v. Brucker
- 251 F2D 898Watson v. Bersworth
- 251 F2D 896Johnnie C. Duncan v. Arthur E. Summerfield
- 251 F2D 890Bell v. Leonard
- 251 F2D 889Circus Foods, Inc. v. Watson
- 251 F2D 875Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- 251 F2D 847Rhodes v. United States
- 251 F2D 846Cities Service Company v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Pennroad Corporation, Louis E. Marron, Intervenors, James W. Hearn, Paul S. Hearn, William J. Hearn and Eleanor Hearn, Intervenors. Arkansas Fuel Oil Corporation, M. L. Benedum v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Pennroad Corporation, Louis E. Marron, Intervenors, James W. Hearn, Paul S. Hearn, William J. Hearn and Eleanor Hearn, Intervenors
- 251 F2D 845National Labor Relations Board v. Amalgamated Union Local 5
- 251 F2D 839Hedberg-Freidheim Contracting Company, a Corporation Fred W. Hedberg and Chas. M. Freidheim, as Liquidating Trustees of Hedberg-Freidheim Contracting Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Hedberg-Freidheim and Company, a Corporation Fred W. Hedberg and Chas. M. Freidheim, as Liquidating Trustees of Hedberg-Freidheim and Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 251 F2D 863McNeill v. Commissioner
- 251 F2D 771J. G. Roy & Sons Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 251 F2D 764Sicanoff Vegetable Oil Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Sicanoff Tallow Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 251 F2D 753National Labor Relations Board v. Knight Morley Corp.
- 251 F2D 724F. Strauss & Son, Inc. v. Commissioner
- 251 F2D 708Halecki v. United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n
- 251 F2D 704O'Dell v. United States
- 251 F2D 7Elgin Corp. v. Atlas Building Products Co.
- 251 F2D 686United States v. First Trust Co.
- 251 F2D 682Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp. v. Commissioner
- 251 F2D 663National Labor Relations Board v. Dallas City Packing Co.
- 251 F2D 696Peerless Insurance v. Inland Mutual Insurance
- 251 F2D 659Buhl v. Menninger
- 251 F2D 628W. E. Kautenberg Co. v. Ekco Products Co.
- 251 F2D 625Erlen Products Company v. The Toni Company (The Gillette Company, Assignee, Substituted)
- 251 F2D 62Osceola County Co-operative Creamery Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
- 251 F2D 615Klaw v. Schaffer