[WSBARP] Off Topic - Unpublished Decision with Wn. App cite

[Eric Nelsen]

Is the Wn.App. citation to a four-digit page number, or a really high page number? I think that's just the cite to a page in the reporter indicating it's an opinion issued but unpublished.

I found the below information at: https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/?fa=atc_supreme.paraOrder

Pinpoint citations to unpublished Court of Appeals opinions are made as follows:
If the source has paragraph numbers, a pinpoint citation should be made to the paragraph numbers; a Westlaw citation may be added but do not include a "star page" reference:
Renz v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., noted at 120 Wn. App. 1052, ¶¶ 18-23 (2004).
Renz v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., noted at 120 Wn. App. 1052, ¶¶ 18-23, 2004 WL 629401.
If the source does not have paragraph numbers, a pinpoint citation should be made to the slip opinion page or to a Westlaw "star page":
Edel v. Amway Corp., noted at 121 Wn. App. 1004, slip op. at 14 (2004).
Edel v. Amway Corp., noted at 121 Wn. App. 1004, 2004 WL 792331, at *9.


Sincerely,

Eric

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Listmates,

I have run into this a couple of times.  A case has a Wn. App citation but in the body of the ruling it starts out saying "Unpublished Decision."  Do I cite it as the Wn. App. cite or as unpublished with the reference to GR 14?

Jeff

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