State v. Reader's Digest Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that unfair competition cause of action arose from contacts because mailing sweepstakes entry information constituted illegal lottery within state
• holding that Washington court had jurisdiction over foreign defendant that advertised there, noting that “[i]f our courts are not open, the state will be without a remedy in any court and the Consumer Protection Act will be rendered useless”
• findings of fact that are actually conclusions of law treated as conclusion of law
• “unfair or deceptive acts or practices” statute, authorizing only civil penalties, is not unconstitutionally vague
• Reader's Digest Sweepstakes lottery per se violation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hangman Ridge Training Stables, Inc. v. Safeco Title Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-05-08· cited 879×
• Panag v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-04-02· cited 326×
• State v. Olson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-04-27· cited 258×
• Klem v. Washington Mutual Bank
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-02-28· cited 202×
• Saunders v. Lloyd's of London
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-09-21· cited 198×
• State v. Ralph Williams' North West Chrysler Plymouth, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 135×
• Ridgeview Properties v. Starbuck
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-01-14· cited 133×
• State v. J-R Distributors, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-07-27· cited 127×
• Scott v. Association for Childbirth at Home, International
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-11-20· cited 124×
• Landmark Development, Inc. v. City of Roy
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-07-22· cited 111×
• Salois v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-08-03· cited 110×
• Ungar v. Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1976-03-03· cited 93×
• Matanuska Maid, Inc. v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-11-21· cited 83×
• Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad v. Washington State Human Rights Commission
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-12-09· cited 82×
• Medina v. Public Utility District No. 1
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-09-12· cited 80×
• Medina v. Public Utility Dist. No. 1
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-09-12· cited 79×
• Haner v. Quincy Farm Chemicals, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-08-19· cited 72×
• Southwest Washington Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Ass'n v. Pierce County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-07-28· cited 60×
• State v. Ralph Williams' North West Chrysler Plymouth, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-05-17· cited 60×
• McRae v. Bolstad
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 59×

Cites

47 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×
• Hanson v. Denckla
  Supreme Court· 1958-10-13· cited 7,025×
• McGee v. International Life Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,478×
• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• Roth v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-24· cited 3,255×
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 1,862×
• A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-05-27· cited 1,364×
• Winters v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1948-05-03· cited 1,240×
• Thorndike v. Hesperian Orchards, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-08-20· cited 601×
• Federal Trade Commission v. Raladam Co.
  Supreme Court· 1931-05-25· cited 217×
• Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1954-04-05· cited 208×
• Federal Trade Commission v. R. F. Keppel & Bro. Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1934-02-05· cited 194×
• Federal Trade Commission v. Gratz
  Supreme Court· 1920-06-07· cited 164×
• Tyee Construction Co. v. Dulien Steel Products, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-05-09· cited 153×
• State v. Jacobsen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-11-12· cited 109×
• Yelle v. Bishop
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-12-17· cited 101×
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
  Seventh Circuit· 1919-04-29· cited 86×
• State v. Galbreath
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-11-03· cited 68×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Palmer
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-16· cited 65×
• Kane v. Klos
  Washington Supreme Court· 1957-08-22· cited 63×