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· 10/15/2009

City of Federal Way v. Koenig

Citations

  • 217 P.3d 1172

How courts have described this case

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

  • stare decisis requires us to adhere to precedent unless our earlier decision is incorrect and harmful
  • doctrine of stare decisis requires us to adhere to an established rule unless there is a clear showing that rule is incorrect and harmful
  • stare decisis requires us to adhere to precedent unless our earlier decision is incorrect and harmful
  • “This court . . . takes [the legislature’s] failure to amend a statute following a judicial decision interpreting that statute to indicate legislative acquiescence in that decision.”
  • \This court . . . takes [the legislature's] failure to amend a statute following a judicial decision interpreting that statute to indicate legislative acquiescence in that decision.\
  • \This court presumes that the legislature is aware of judicial interpretations of its enactments and takes its failure to amend a statute following a judicial decision interpreting that statute to indicate legislative acquiescence in that decision.\

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Judges: Owens

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