State v. Day

How courts have described this case

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

• \The spirit or purpose of an enactment should prevail over the express but inept wording.\
• RCW 46.61.502 applies only to driving while intoxicated on a public road or driving on property where the public has a right to be
• “The spirit or purpose of an enactment should prevail over the express but inept wording.”
• intoxicated person no longer poses threat to public once he is safely off roadway
• literal readings of a statute resulting in absurd consequences should be avoided
• literal readings of a statute resulting in absurd consequences should be avoided

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Whatcom County v. City of Bellingham
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-02-01· cited 263×
• State v. Elgin
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-03-05· cited 123×
• > FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, TENINO AERIE NO. 564 v. Grand Aerie of Fraternal Order of Eagles
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-12-19· cited 116×
• State v. Board of Yakima County Commissioners
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-03-10· cited 72×
• Troxell v. Rainier Public School District No. 307
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-05-26· cited 61×
• Troxell v. RAINIER PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST. 307
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-05-26· cited 60×
• Nisqually Delta Ass'n v. City of DuPont
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-03-07· cited 57×
• Glaubach v. Regence BlueShield
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-07-17· cited 49×
• United States v. Kenneth L. Kiliz
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-12-14· cited 46×
• State v. Votava
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-04-17· cited 38×
• State v. Warfield
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-08-18· cited 29×
• Bosteder v. City of Renton
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-07-28· cited 29×
• Amalgamated Transit Union Legislative Council v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-02-14· cited 29×
• State v. Boucher
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-05-31· cited 27×
• State Ex Rel. TB v. CPC Fairfax Hosp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-06-27· cited 21×
• State ex rel. T.B. v. CPC Fairfax Hospital
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-06-27· cited 20×
• State v. Eaton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-02-12· cited 19×
• State v. Luther
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-04-30· cited 17×
• American Discount Corp. v. Shepherd
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-04-19· cited 17×
• Premera v. Kreidler
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-04-04· cited 12×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-04-24· cited 175×
• Mason v. Bitton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-05-08· cited 124×
• State v. Moore
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-04-08· cited 86×
• Alderwood Water District v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-06-13· cited 75×
• State v. Spino
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-01-17· cited 65×
• State v. Burke
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-08-09· cited 58×
• State v. Laitinen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-10-16· cited 54×
• Fritts v. Department of Motor Vehicles
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-12-29· cited 33×
• In Re Kurtzman's Estate
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-11-19· cited 32×
• O'CONNELL v. Conte
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-06-19· cited 27×
• Taylor v. City of Redmond
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-12-01· cited 18×
• Washington State Nurses Ass'n v. Board of Medical Examiners
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-02-07· cited 13×
• State v. Felix
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-01-08· cited 12×
• State v. Zektzer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1975-03-24· cited 11×