Washington Supreme Court· 10/9/1980

State v. Williams

Citations

617 P.2d 1012
94 Wash. 2d 531
24 A.L.R. 4th 1191
1980 Wash. LEXIS 1373

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concluding that the Washington Privacy Act “fully applies to evidence proffered in state court, even when that evidence was gathered by federal peace officers.”
rejecting argument that federal agents should be excluded from operation of state wiretap act because it specifically stated that it applied to “the State of Washington, its agencies, and subdivisions,” but not to the federal government
when a statute specifically designates the things or classes of things upon which it operates, it is inferred that the Legislature intended to exclude any omitted matters
when a statute specifically designates the things or classes of things upon which it operates, it is inferred that the Legislature intended to exclude any omitted matters
when statute specifically designates the things upon which it operates, it can be inferred that the Legislature intended to exclude any omitted matters
purpose of reading statutory provisions in pari materia with related provisions is to determine legislative intent underlying entire statutory scheme and to read the provisions as a unified whole

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Judges: Utter, Dolliver

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