Lewis v. Bell

How courts have described this case

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

• this court will not disturb a decision denying a continuance absent manifest abuse of discretion
• denial of continuance request not abuse of discretion where no explanation given for not obtaining deposition during 16-month pendency of action
• this court will not disturb a decision denying a continuance absent manifest abuse of discretion
• “A pleading is insufficient when it does not give the opposing party fair notice of what the claim is and the ground upon which it rests.”

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Cited by

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

• Pacific Northwest Shooting Park Ass'n v. City of Sequim
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-10-12· cited 137×
• Tellevik v. Real Property Known as 31641
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-10-15· cited 106×
• Kirby v. City of Tacoma
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-10-05· cited 86×
• Turner v. Kohler
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-07-10· cited 84×
• Kirby v. City of Tacoma
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-09-14· cited 84×
• Brower v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-12-24· cited 82×
• Dewey v. Tacoma School District No. 10
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-03-05· cited 72×
• Chen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-05-16· cited 62×
• Janaszak v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-01-07· cited 44×
• Keenan v. Allan
  E.D. Washington· 1995-05-12· cited 39×
• Saluteen-Maschersky v. Countrywide Funding Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-03-19· cited 39×
• Heath v. Uraga
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-04-20· cited 35×
• Pankratz v. Willis
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1987-06-04· cited 34×
• Momah v. Bharti
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-04-28· cited 34×
• Gross v. Sunding
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-04-16· cited 30×
• Fitzgerald v. Mountain-West Resources, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-10-22· cited 30×
• Estate of Dormaier v. Columbia Basin Anesthesia, PLLC
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-11-14· cited 30×
• Heath v. Uraga
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-06-01· cited 28×
• Saluteen-Maschersky v. COUNTRYWIDE FUNDING
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-04-30· cited 26×
• Gross v. Sunding
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-06-22· cited 25×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Grimsby v. Samson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-01-09· cited 296×
• Chambers-Castanes v. King County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-09-15· cited 207×
• Contreras v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-06-30· cited 129×
• Phillips v. Hardwick
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-05-18· cited 69×
• American Universal Insurance v. Ranson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-04-19· cited 58×
• Turngren v. King County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-08-22· cited 54×
• Cofer v. County of Pierce
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1973-01-18· cited 28×
• Jankelson v. Cisel
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1970-08-03· cited 27×
• Lightner v. Balow
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-04-26· cited 24×
• Williams v. Western Surety Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-01-05· cited 19×

Other cases named Lewis v. Bell

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Lewis v. Bell
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1962-02-21· cited 12×
• Lewis v. Bell
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1896-04-28· cited 3×
• Lewis v. Bell
  Supreme Court· 1855-03-18· cited 2×
• Lewis v. Bell
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1848-11-15
• Lewis v. Bell
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1977-12-28