Gray v. Suttell & Associates

How courts have described this case

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

• basing in part its finding that Washington’s debt collection statute is ambiguous because the Washington Collection Agency Board “struggled to determine whether debt buyers fell within the scope of the definition”
• “[D]ebt buyers 14 fall within [the definition of ‘collection agency’] when they solicit claims for collection.”
• use of “or” is disjunctive unless there is clear legislative intent to the contrary
• use of \or\ is disjunctive unless there is clear legislative intent to the contrary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Denise Reagan, V St. Elmo Newton, Iii, Md
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-03-05· cited 29×
• Stuart Mccoll v. Geoffrey Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2018-11-14· cited 23×
• Cave Properties v. City Of Bainbridge Island
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-07-11· cited 21×
• Centurion Properties III, LLC v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-07-14· cited 21×
• Grant Dzaman, V. Diane Gowman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-07-20· cited 17×
• Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority v. Kimbra Henry-levingston
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-11-15· cited 13×
• State Of Washington v. Nicholas Windsor Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-08-05· cited 11×
• John Ley v. Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-12-06· cited 9×
• Thurman v. Cowles Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2025-01-30· cited 9×
• In the Matter of the Marriage of: Paul Cardwell & Regan Cardwell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-02-02· cited 7×
• State Of Washington, V Michelle A. Desmet
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-04-27· cited 6×
• Francisco Guillen v. Benjamin Pearson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-08-16· cited 4×
• Department of Revenue v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-09-14· cited 3×
• Gene & Susan Gonzales, V. Jay Inslee & State Of Wa
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2022-02-23· cited 2×
• Fdic v. State Of Wa Dept Of Revenue, App
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-09-14
• Centurion Props. III, LLC v. Chi. Title Ins. Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-07-14
• Southwick, Inc., V State Dept Of Licensing Business & Professions Div
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-10-17
• Kitsap County v. Kitsap Rifle And Revolver Club
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-11-21
• Jeffrey Thurman v. Cowles Company
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-01-11
• Ian Atkerson v. Dep't of Children, Youth & Families
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-01-30

Cites

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

• 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×
• State v. J.P.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-05-22· cited 558×
• State v. Ervin
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-09-09· cited 193×
• Johnson v. Morris
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-12-23· cited 169×
• HJS Development, Inc. v. Pierce County
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-01-23· cited 121×
• State v. Bunker
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-08-26· cited 103×
• State v. Sweany
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-07-19· cited 93×
• In Re Elliott
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-10-10· cited 88×
• Barstad v. Stewart Title Guar. Co., Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-02-14· cited 59×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Williams
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-06-10· cited 58×
• Barstad v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-02-14· cited 57×
• McGee Guest Home, Inc. v. Department of Social & Health Services
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-11-09· cited 55×
• McGee Guest Home v. Department of Social and Health Services
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-11-09· cited 54×
• Bradburn v. North Central Regional Library District
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-05-06· cited 48×
• Bradburn v. NORTH CENT. REGIONAL LIBRARY
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-05-06· cited 46×
• State v. Elmore
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-03-09· cited 40×
• Roe v. TeleTech Customer Care Management
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-06-09· cited 38×
• Roe v. TeleTech Customer Care Management (Colorado) LLC
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-06-09· cited 33×
• Riofta v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-08-22· cited 22×

Other cases named Gray v. Suttell & Associates

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Gray v. Suttell & Associates
  E.D. Washington· 2015-08-12· cited 11×