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3 unusual facts about United States District Court for the Western District of Washington


Doe v. 2themart.com Inc.

140 F. Supp. 2d 1088 (2001), was a federal case decided by United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, on the issue of an individual’s First Amendment right to speak anonymously on the Internet and a private party’s right to disclose the identity of the anonymous Internet user by enforcing a civil subpoena.

United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

Cases from the Western District of Washington are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

Vine Deloria, Jr.

He worked on the legal case that led to the historic Boldt Decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.


2006 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

, Burton v. Walter, W.D. Wash.; affirmed, 21 Fed. Appx. 632 (9th Cir. 2001); cert.

Carolyn R. Dimmick

Dimmick was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on March 7, 1985, to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington created by 98 Stat.

Microsoft Corp. v. Motorola Inc.

The case was originally filed by Microsoft against Motorola in the Western District Court of Washington at November 9, 2010, claiming that Motorola had violated its reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing agreement to which Microsoft was a third-party beneficiary.

William Lee Dwyer

On July 28, 1987, Dwyer was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington vacated by Donald S. Voorhees.


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Frank Burgess

Burgess became a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington when President Bill Clinton nominated him on November 19, 1993, to a seat vacated by Tanner.