Legal Opinion

Bender v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1983No. 47439-7Published

1Opinion of the Court

99 Wn.2d 582 (1983)

664 P.2d 492

STANLEY BENDER, Respondent,

v.

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner.

No. 47439-7.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 26, 1983.

Stafford, Frey & Mertel, by Thomas D. Frey and A. Richard Dykstra, for petitioner.

Levinson, Friedman, Vhugen, Duggan, Bland & Horowitz, by Donald J. Horowitz and C. Steven Fury, for respondent.

WILLIAMS, C.J.

Respondent Stanley Bender, a Seattle jeweler, instituted this action for damages alleging he had been subjected to false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, libel and slander by employees of the petitioner City of…

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  2. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Time, Inc. v. FirestoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979

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