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.

• a court is bound to interpret the law to avoid absurd results when it can do so without doing violence to the words of the statute
• a court is bound to interpret the law to avoid absurd results when it can do so without doing violence to the words of the statute

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Cited by

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

• State v. Vars
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-08-16· cited 26×
• State v. Barbee
  Washington Supreme Court· 2017-01-05· cited 25×
• State v. Boswell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-12-30· cited 19×
• State v. Chouap
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-08-14· cited 17×
• State v. Morales
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-04-09· cited 15×
• ESTATE OF BUNCH v. McGRAW RESIDENTIAL CTR.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-05-03· cited 12×
• State of Washington v. Avery Quinn Latham
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2018-05-03· cited 8×
• State v. Mata
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-03-18· cited 8×
• State Of Washington v. David Novick
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-10-25· cited 6×
• Freedom Found. v. Teamsters Local 117 Segregated Fund
  Washington Supreme Court· 2021-02-18· cited 6×
• State v. Patel
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-11-10· cited 5×
• State v. Buck
  Washington Supreme Court· 2024-03-14· cited 5×
• State v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-12-02· cited 2×
• State v. Thomas
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-07-07· cited 2×
• Personal Restraint Petition Of William Neal France
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-07-24· cited 2×
• State v. K.R.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-07-30· cited 2×
• Estate of Bunch v. McGraw Residential Center
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-05-03· cited 2×
• State v. AARHUS
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-07-07· cited 1×
• State of Washington v. Jesus Vidales Morales
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-04-09
• State v. Rodriguez
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-11-30

Cites

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

• Bell v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-09· cited 1,300×
• In Re Snow
  Supreme Court· 1887-01-24· cited 297×
• State v. Adel
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-10-15· cited 263×
• State v. Freeman
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-03-17· cited 261×
• State v. Vladovic
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-04-28· cited 258×
• State v. Michielli
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-05-29· cited 257×
• State v. Bobic
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-04-06· cited 154×
• State v. Tvedt
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-03-03· cited 108×
• State v. Westling
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 94×
• State v. Ose
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-12-15· cited 70×
• State v. Modica
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-07-10· cited 55×
• State v. Alvarez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-05-16· cited 54×
• Glaubach v. Regence BlueShield
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-07-17· cited 49×
• State v. Bringgold
  Washington Supreme Court· 1905-09-06· cited 49×
• State v. Varnell
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-11-08· cited 46×
• State v. Stroh
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-01-08· cited 43×
• State v. Johnston
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-03-30· cited 35×
• Wright v. Jeckle
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-10-12· cited 32×
• State v. Hegge
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-02-02· cited 28×
• State v. Jensen
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-11-06· cited 22×