Brown v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that an initiative must be read as written, not as a court would like it to be written
• noting that an initiative must be read as written, not as a court would like it to be written
• expressing this court's \reluctan[ce]\ to strike down the State's funding mechanism in Seattle School District
• expressing this court’s “reluctan[ce]” to strike down the State’s funding mechanism in Seattle School District
• a Sixth Amendment speedy trial claim is reviewed de novo
• “[W]e will turn to other extrinsic sources such as the voter’s pamphlet, only if an initiative is ambiguous.” (citing Parents Involved in Cmty. Sch. v. Seattle Sch. List. No. 1, 149 Wn.2d 660, 671, 72 P.3d 151 (2003))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Drum
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-01-21· cited 145×
• State v. Iniguez
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-10-08· cited 139×
• State v. Ollivier
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-10-31· cited 132×
• American Legion Post 149 v. WASH. DEPT. OF HEALTH
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-11· cited 129×
• American Legion Post No. 149 v. Department of Health
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-11· cited 127×
• Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-11-04· cited 102×
• McCleary v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-01-05· cited 56×
• SCHOOL DISTRICTS'ALLIANCE v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-12-09· cited 49×
• School Districts' Alliance for Adequate Funding of Special Education v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-12-09· cited 40×
• Federal Way School Dist. No. 210 v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-11-12· cited 36×
• Federal Way School District No. 210 v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-11-12· cited 36×
• Tobin v. Department of Labor & Industries
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-08-12· cited 18×
• Dress v. Department of Corrections
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-05-14· cited 15×
• SCHOOL DISTRICTS'ALLIANCE FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING OF SPECIAL EDUC. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-03-10· cited 8×
• School Districts' Alliance for Adequate Funding of Special Education v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-03-10· cited 8×
• In re Pers. Restraint of Sargent
  Washington Supreme Court· 2023-06-08
• Alterna Aircraft V B Ltd. v. SpiceJet Ltd.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2026-04-09

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Department of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn, L.L.C.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-03-28· cited 1,615×
• State, Dept. of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-03-28· cited 1,608×
• Seattle School District No. 1 v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-09-28· cited 335×
• Western Telepage, Inc. v. City of Tacoma
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-05-11· cited 166×
• Western Telepage, Inc. v. City of Tacoma Department of Financing
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-05-11· cited 164×
• Overton v. Economic Assistance Authority
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-12-10· cited 114×
• Washington State Republican Party v. Public Disclosure Commission
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-07-27· cited 88×
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 78×
• Gerberding v. Munro
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-01-08· cited 72×
• McGowan v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-12-19· cited 61×
• State v. Heckel
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-06-07· cited 47×
• State Ex Rel. Wash. Toll Bridge Auth. v. Yelle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-07-31· cited 40×
• Washington State Legislature v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-10-07· cited 28×