State v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that misdemeanor harassment statute proscribes only “true threats”
• fired employee's statement to former employer—\Don't make me strap your ass\— was sufficient, under the circumstances, to prove felony harassment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. J.M.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-08-02· cited 238×
• State v. Evans
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-04-11· cited 182×
• State v. Kilburn
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-02-12· cited 170×
• State v. Williams
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-06-28· cited 160×
• American Legion Post 149 v. WASH. DEPT. OF HEALTH
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-11· cited 129×
• American Legion Post No. 149 v. Department of Health
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-11· cited 127×
• State v. Allen
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-01-24· cited 119×
• State v. Schaler
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-07-29· cited 106×
• State v. Watson
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-04-05· cited 93×
• State v. C.G.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-12-11· cited 81×
• City of Seattle v. Patu
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-11-07· cited 73×
• State v. Johnston
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-01-26· cited 69×
• State v. Trey M.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-10-27· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Welch
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-04-25· cited 49×
• State v. Sadler
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-10-14· cited 48×
• State v. Locke
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-08-06· cited 45×
• State v. E.J.Y.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-10-14· cited 44×
• Kitsap County v. Mattress Outlet
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-01-27· cited 42×
• State v. Sieyes
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-02-18· cited 41×
• Vec v. State Public Disclosure Com'n
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-09-13· cited 41×

Cites

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

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
• Grayned v. City of Rockford
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 4,166×
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 2,052×
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 1,862×
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 1,818×
• City of Houston v. Hill
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 1,428×
• State v. Green
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-08-28· cited 1,403×
• Brandenburg v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 1,379×
• Schenck v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1919-03-03· cited 1,079×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 1,047×
• Watts v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 977×
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-22· cited 958×
• Osborne v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 897×
• Burson v. Freeman
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-26· cited 765×
• City of Spokane v. Douglass
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-08-23· cited 388×
• City of Seattle v. Eze
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-14· cited 234×
• Haley v. Medical Disciplinary Board
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-11-07· cited 193×
• City of Seattle v. Huff
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-02-02· cited 155×