A slip opinion is a provisional, initial announcement of the decision in a case. This database of opinions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals of Washington does not constitute the official reports of the opinions contained therein. The slip opinion database contains all opinions released since January 1, 1994. Both published and unpublished Court of Appeals opinions are available. The system is designed so all opinions are available on the database as they are released by the court.
All opinions are available for indexed searches as soon as they are on-line.
They are available for inclusion in the result of a logical search within one business day. All State Rules of Court as well as local rules from participating Washington counties are available on-line. As of July 1997, counties contributing local rules include Chelan, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Grays Harbor, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston, and Yakima. The most current list of counties with local rules in the database is available within the application. The rules available may be searched using citations, keywords, or phrases.