Wilson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• distinguishing between an unlawful purpose and a lawful purpose accomplished by unlawful means
• a civil conspiracy under Washington law requires an unlawful purpose or lawful purpose by unlawful means
• speech that is only tenuously connected to a topic of public concern is not protected

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. Bates Technical College
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-01-27· cited 83×
• Dewey v. Tacoma School District No. 10
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-03-05· cited 72×
• Woody v. Stapp
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-05-20· cited 52×
• All Star Gas, Inc. v. Bechart
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-05-02· cited 47×
• All Star Gas, Inc. v. Bechard
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-05-02· cited 47×
• Benjamin v. Washington State Bar Ass'n
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-07-22· cited 43×
• Alexander v. Sanford
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-05-12· cited 37×
• Tyner v. STATE, DEPT. OF SOCIAL & HEALTH
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-03-13· cited 32×
• Dash Point Village Associates v. Exxon Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-06-09· cited 29×
• Tortes v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-06-02· cited 27×
• Puget Sound Security Patrol, Inc. v. William Bates And Kathryn Bates
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-01-09· cited 23×
• Tortes v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-09-22· cited 22×
• Bonneville v. Pierce County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-11-04· cited 15×
• Marthaller v. King County Hospital District No. 2
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-03-29· cited 13×
• Northwest Laborers-Employers Health & Security Trust Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.
  W.D. Washington· 1999-07-22· cited 13×
• Moore v. Johnson & Johnson
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2012-11-01· cited 13×
• GOSSEN v. JPMorgan Chase Bank
  W.D. Washington· 2011-10-18· cited 12×
• Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts v. Philip Morris Inc.
  W.D. Washington· 1999-12-13· cited 11×
• In re Residential Capital, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2015-04-28· cited 11×
• Gilbert v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2006-11-29· cited 10×

Cites

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

• Anderson v. Creighton
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-25· cited 12,768×
• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 7,445×
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Rankin v. McPherson
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,766×
• Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 1,018×
• Conaway v. Smith
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-08-02· cited 578×
• McKinley v. City of Eloy
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-05-09· cited 313×
• Bennett v. Hardy
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-01-18· cited 271×
• Michael Krause v. R.O. Bennett, Jr.
  Second Circuit· 1989-11-01· cited 203×
• Starrett v. Wadley
  Tenth Circuit· 1989-05-22· cited 200×
• Washburn v. Beatt Equipment Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-11-25· cited 188×
• Johnnie M. Cliff v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, Mary Busch, Donald Payton
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-03-07· cited 164×
• Jan Johnson v. Multnomah County, Oregon, a Political Subdivision of State of Oregon William McKinley Paul Yarborough
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-02-16· cited 164×
• Hyland v. Wonder
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-08-21· cited 162×
• Thomas G. Koch v. City of Hutchinson
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-06-02· cited 161×
• Elizabeth Hannula v. City of Lakewood and Jane Doe, and Don Lively
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-06-29· cited 159×
• Don A. Brawner v. City of Richardson, Texas, L.F. Eudy, Richardson Police Department Director, and Kenneth Yarbrough, Chief of Police
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-08-18· cited 148×
• Kincade v. City of Blue Springs
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-08-25· cited 122×