State v. Hall

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing court should not pass on constitutional issues unless absolutely necessary to the determination of the case
• noting an appellate court will avoid a constitutional issue if it can find any other basis for its decision
• reviewing courts should not pass on constitutional issues unless absolutely necessary to the determination of the case
• reviewing court should not pass on constitutional issues unless absolutely necessary to the determination of the case
• declining to pass judgment on a constitutional issue when such was not “absolutely necessary” per the facts in the case
• noting an appellate court will avoid a constitutional issue if it can find any other basis for its decision

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Vladovic
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-04-28· cited 258×
• State v. Franco
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-01-15· cited 186×
• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 122×
• State v. Coristine
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-05-09· cited 106×
• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-09-29· cited 103×
• State v. Pam
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-02-10· cited 98×
• State v. Speaks
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-05-21· cited 83×
• In Re the Personal Restraint of Myers
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 75×
• State v. Williams-Walker
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-01-14· cited 71×
• Gary Van Pilon v. Amos Reed
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-09-16· cited 61×
• State v. Tingdale
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 58×
• City of Seattle v. Williams
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-12-21· cited 57×
• All Around Underground, Inc. v. Washington State Patrol
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-12-12· cited 55×
• In Re Impoundment of Chevrolet Truck
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-12-12· cited 54×
• Bellevue John Does 1-11 v. Bellevue School District No. 405
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-07-31· cited 48×
• In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Kaiser
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-15· cited 47×
• State v. Zakel
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-08-20· cited 47×
• Bellevue John Does 1-11 v. BELLEVUE SCHOOL DIST.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-07-31· cited 46×
• State v. Martin
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-05-06· cited 41×
• State v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-07-31· cited 29×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• State v. Green
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-08-28· cited 1,403×
• State v. Stephens
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-03-26· cited 165×
• State v. Burri
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-05-27· cited 101×
• State v. Tongate
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-06-19· cited 81×
• State v. McHenry
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-09-08· cited 78×
• Ohnstad v. City of Tacoma
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-09-03· cited 24×