Scott Fetzer Co. v. Weeks

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that where a court has “jurisdiction to determine its jurisdiction, [the court] has the power to award costs even if jurisdiction is found to be wanting.”
• purpose of long-arm statute's fee provision is to compensate defendants for the added expense caused by plaintiffs' assertions of long-arm jurisdiction
• purpose of long-arm statute’s fee provision is to compensate defendants for the added expense caused by plaintiffs’ assertions of long-arm jurisdiction
• fees awarded by superior court acting as trial court
• case dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction
• discussing RCW 4.28.185(5)’s “prevailing party”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Washington State Physicians Insurance Exchange & Ass'n v. Fisons Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-09-16· cited 618×
• Mahler v. Szucs
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-06-04· cited 384×
• Bryant v. Joseph Tree, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-05-28· cited 220×
• Nilo D. Tuazon v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a Foreign Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-01-11· cited 192×
• Scott Fetzer Co. v. Weeks
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-10-14· cited 135×
• Mayer v. City of Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-07-17· cited 94×
• Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-05-03· cited 89×
• Mayer v. City of Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-08-31· cited 88×
• Absher Construction Co. v. Kent School District No. 415
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-11-20· cited 70×
• Absher Const. Co. v. KENT SCHOOL DIST.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-05-03· cited 66×
• Bentzen v. Demmons
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-01-11· cited 66×
• Kim v. Lakeside Adult Family Home
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-05-12· cited 58×
• Voicelink Data Services, Inc. v. Datapulse, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-06-09· cited 55×
• Frank Coluccio Construction Co. v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-01-22· cited 44×
• Vogt v. Seattle-First National Bank
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 43×
• Mbm Fisheries v. Bollinger MacHine Shop and Shipyard
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-01-28· cited 43×
• Broyles v. Thurston County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-11-12· cited 37×
• Henningsen v. Worldcom, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-10-03· cited 34×
• Hawk v. Branjes
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-11-01· cited 32×
• Harbison v. Garden Valley Outfitters, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-04-26· cited 30×

Cites

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

• International Shoe Co. v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1945-12-03· cited 18,588×
• World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 8,668×
• Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 1,746×
• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan
  Supreme Court· 1884-04-21· cited 1,249×
• Seven Gables Corp. v. MGM/UA Entertainment Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-06-05· cited 425×
• Bowers v. Transamerica Title Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-12-15· cited 369×
• Boeing Company v. Sierracin Corporation
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-04-05· cited 210×
• Tyee Construction Co. v. Dulien Steel Products, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-05-09· cited 153×
• Nordstrom, Inc. v. Tampourlos
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-02-26· cited 149×
• State v. O'CONNELL
  Washington Supreme Court· 1974-06-13· cited 97×
• Grange Insurance Ass'n v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-06-16· cited 71×
• Anderson v. Gold Seal Vineyards, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-01-25· cited 67×
• Werner v. Werner
  Washington Supreme Court· 1974-09-05· cited 65×
• Beeson v. Atlantic-Richfield Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-05-05· cited 42×
• Smith v. York Food MacHinery Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-12-28· cited 30×
• In Re Northern Indiana Oil Co. Moore v. Fletcher
  Seventh Circuit· 1951-11-01· cited 27×
• Jet Boats, Inc. v. Puget Sound National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-06-10· cited 22×
• Dailey v. Testone
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-12-07· cited 22×
• S. S. Kresge Co. v. Port of Longview
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1977-12-13· cited 21×
• Marketing Unlimited, Inc. v. Jefferson Chemical Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-08-24· cited 20×