Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Case v. Mead

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 12, 1909No. 7782PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Erater, J., entered June 18, 1908, upon findings in favor of the relator, annulling the sentence of a court martial, after refusing to quash a writ of certiorari to review the same.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

Otto A. Case, with the rank of Major in the state militia, was charged with conduct unbecoming an oificer, in that he gave out an interview to the Seattle PostIntelligencer, a daily newspaper of general circulation in the state of Washington and elsewhere, criticizing the armory board, organized under the act of 1903 (Laws 1903, p. 209) for the purpose of superintending the construction of an armory in the city of Seattle. A court martial was organized at Seattle, and after a plea to the jurisdiction had been overruled, Major Case answered, admitting the interview, but protesting his…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Garling v. . Van AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Mackay v. DeverWashington Supreme Court · 1908
  3. People ex rel. Ely v. PorterNew York Supreme Court · 1888

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Wright v. CorbinWashington Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Storer Broadcasting Company, Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance Company and Associated Aviation Underwriters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  3. State Ex Rel. Chapman v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. v. BankerWashington Supreme Court · 1936

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