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> Assuming it survives appeal, it would, at most, apply to the state of Washington. That's not completely true. A decision at a state's highest court may not b
by Cushman 14y ago
> Assuming it survives appeal, it would, at most, apply to the state of Washington.
That's not completely true. A decision at a state's highest court may not be legally binding elsewhere, but it can have precedential weight in other jurisdictions where similar laws have not yet been tested. A single case in a single state could well determine the course of law throughout the country.
- rprasad 14y agoPrecedential weight has value only if there is absolutely no in-state jurisprudence on the issue. However, texts are easily analogized to other forms of communication (and indeed, that is what this judge did). Consequently, the state's jurisprudence on such other forms of communication will trump what little precedential weight this case could have.