Chambers-Castanes v. King County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the duty to arrest and keep the peace are a duty owed to the public at large and unenforceable as to individuals
• holding the doctrine applies to basic policy decisions by high-level executives
• 911 operator's statement that police were on the way to the scene induced reliance
• express assurance where operator said, “ We have the officers on their way out there right now’ ”
• 911 operator’s statement that police were on the way to the scene induced reliance
• actionable duty will arise if (1) some form of privity exists between police and victim that sets victim apart from general public and (2) explicit assurances of protection give rise to victim’s reliance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

135 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hartley v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-04-11· cited 636×
• Linda K. Wood v. Steven C. Ostrander Neil Maloney
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-06-27· cited 500×
• Folsom v. Burger King
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-07-09· cited 471×
• Taggart v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-01-09· cited 279×
• Reid v. Pierce County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 279×
• Taylor v. Stevens County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-15· cited 233×
• Ashburn v. Anne Arundel County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-10· cited 189×
• Wallace v. Ohio Department of Commerce
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-09-04· cited 188×
• Wallace v. Ohio Dept. of Commerce
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-09-04· cited 159×
• Bailey v. Town of Forks
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-04-28· cited 158×
• Beal v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-04-02· cited 145×
• Beal for Martinez v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-04-02· cited 142×
• City of Rome v. Jordan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-15· cited 142×
• Honcoop v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-15· cited 140×
• J & B Development Co. v. King County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-09-15· cited 138×
• Babcock v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-04-04· cited 136×
• Leake v. Cain
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-06-09· cited 135×
• Sterling v. Bloom
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1986-05-16· cited 123×
• Williams v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-06-08· cited 120×
• Meaney v. Dodd
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-15· cited 108×

Cites

55 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River Cty.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-04-19· cited 439×
• Grimsby v. Samson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-01-09· cited 296×
• King v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1974-08-15· cited 241×
• Evangelical United Brethren Church v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-11-04· cited 230×
• Schuster v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1958-11-11· cited 218×
• Riss v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1968-07-02· cited 216×
• Brennen v. City of Eugene
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1979-02-27· cited 205×
• LaPlante v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-01-30· cited 201×
• Adams v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-10-01· cited 192×
• Halvorson v. Dahl
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-02-16· cited 190×
• Ryan v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-12-17· cited 186×
• Motyka v. City of Amsterdam
  New York Court of Appeals· 1965-01-14· cited 147×
• McCorkle v. City of Los Angeles
  California Supreme Court· 1969-01-30· cited 140×
• J & B Development Co. v. King County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-09-15· cited 138×
• Hunter v. North Mason School Dist.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-09-11· cited 137×
• Brown v. MacPherson's, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-12-31· cited 130×
• Warren v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-12-21· cited 130×
• Contreras v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-06-30· cited 129×
• Mason v. Bitton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-05-08· cited 124×
• Maltman v. Sauer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-01-07· cited 124×