§ 11.8 Effect of Stipulations and Concessions of Law

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§11.8 EFFECT OF STIPULATIONS AND CONCESSIONS OF LAW

"'Courts of law are not bound by parties' stipulations of law.'" Folsom v. County of Spokane,111 Wn.2d 256, 261, 759 P.2d 1196 (1988) (quoting Rusan's, Inc. v. State,78 Wn.2d 601, 606, 478 P.2d 724 (1970)) (parties were incorrect in their stipulated interpretation of the earlier Folsom decision, and the court was not bound by such interpretation; see also State v. Knighten,109 Wn.2d 896, 901-02, 748 P.2d 1118 (1988) (state's concession that an arrest lacked probable cause was erroneous...