Nolan v. Snohomish County

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]n a legal 12 action involving a county, the county itself is the only legal entity capable of suing 13 and being sued.”
• “[I]n 18 a legal action involving a county, the county itself is the only legal entity capable of suing and 19 being sued.”
• “[I]n a legal action 14 involving a county, the county itself is the only legal entity capable of suing and being sued.”
• “because 22 current Washington case law indicates that a police department is not a legal entity with 1 the capacity to be sued, Defendants are entitled to summary judgment of [the plaintiff’s] 2 claims against [the police department].”
• “VPD is not a legal entity capable of being sued.”

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Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Broyles v. Thurston County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-11-12· cited 45×
• Worthington v. WestNET
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-01-22· cited 32×
• Bradford v. City of Seattle
  W.D. Washington· 2008-04-04· cited 29×
• CITY OF DOTHAN PERSONNEL BD. v. DeVane
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2002-12-20· cited 14×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Ex Rel. Lemon v. Langlie
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-08-03· cited 93×
• City of Bellingham v. Schampera
  Washington Supreme Court· 1960-10-20· cited 85×
• Cathcart-Maltby-Clearview Community Council v. Snohomish County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-10-08· cited 80×
• Veradale Valley Citizens' Planning Committee v. Board of County Commissioners
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-12-13· cited 41×
• Foothills Development Co. v. Clark County Board of County Commissioners
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-12-29· cited 33×
• State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Funkhouser
  Washington Supreme Court· 1958-05-15· cited 23×
• Andrus v. County of Snohomish
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1973-03-12· cited 20×
• Culpepper v. Snohomish County Department of Planning
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-08-20· cited 14×
• Dorsten v. Port of Skagit County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1982-08-16· cited 11×
• Fazio v. Eglitis
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-10-01· cited 9×
• Kerr-Belmark Construction Co. v. City Council of Marysville
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-01-09· cited 9×
• Woodward v. THE CITY OF SPOKANE
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-06-16· cited 6×
• Hopp v. Oroville School District No. 410
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1982-01-21· cited 1×

Other cases named Nolan v. Snohomish County

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Nolan v. Snohomish County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-05-09