State Ex Rel. Lemon v. Langlie

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that certain state officers were required to return their principal offices of government to the seat of government in Olympia
• holding that certain state officers were required to return their principal offices of government to the seat of government in Olympia
• allowing a taxpayer suit alleging Seattle location of executive offices contravenes constitution which required them to be in Olympia even though no monetary loss to taxpayer was alleged
• allowing a taxpayer suit alleging Seattle location of executive offices contravenes constitution which required them to be in Olympia even though no monetary loss to taxpayer was alleged
• dismissing mandamus action against governor for lack of a genuine controversy
• dismissing mandamus action against governor for lack of a genuine controversy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Seattle School District No. 1 v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-09-28· cited 335×
• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587 v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-10-26· cited 212×
• Leschi Improvement Council v. Washington State Highway Commission
  Washington Supreme Court· 1974-12-10· cited 132×
• Department of Revenue v. Hoppe
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-07-19· cited 91×
• Greater Harbor 2000 v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-06-05· cited 84×
• Detention of Henrickson v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-05-18· cited 84×
• United States v. Kenneth C. Gordon
  Seventh Circuit· 1958-02-19· cited 69×
• Graham v. Bar Association
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-04-01· cited 67×
• Brown v. Owen
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-03-05· cited 61×
• State Ex Rel. Toll Bridge Auth. v. Yelle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-12-13· cited 49×
• Anderson v. Chapman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-12-04· cited 47×
• SEIU Healthcare 775NW v. Gregoire
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-04-08· cited 47×
• State v. Thompson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-04-23· cited 45×
• State v. Catlett
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-10-16· cited 45×
• Nolan v. Snohomish County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-12-20· cited 44×
• Keeting v. Public Utility District No. 1
  Washington Supreme Court· 1957-02-01· cited 43×
• Wilber v. Department of Labor & Industries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-02-14· cited 32×
• Page v. Department of Labor & Industries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1958-08-07· cited 32×
• State Ex Rel. Schwab v. Washington State Bar Ass'n
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-02-17· cited 32×
• Calvary Bible Presbyterian Church v. Board of Regents of University of Washington
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-12-28· cited 31×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Parmeter v. Bourne
  Washington Supreme Court· 1894-01-15· cited 40×
• Cullen v. Mayor of Newton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-04-04· cited 40×
• State v. Metschan
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1896-11-09· cited 35×
• Nichols v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-25· cited 29×
• Rickey v. Williams
  Washington Supreme Court· 1894-03-27· cited 19×
• State ex rel. North Coast Fire Insurance v. Schively
  Washington Supreme Court· 1912-04-08· cited 12×
• James v. McMillan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1921-01-05· cited 9×
• O'Connor v. Greene
  New York Supreme Court· 1940-06-10· cited 8×
• State ex rel. Geiger v. Long
  Montana Supreme Court· 1911-04-22· cited 5×
• Seat of Government Case
  Washington Territory· 1861-12-15· cited 2×
• Edwards v. The Town of Lake Pleasant
  New York Supreme Court· 1930-06-10· cited 2×