CITY OF FEDERAL WAY v. KOENIG

No. 82288-3.

217 P.3d 1172 (2009)

CITY OF FEDERAL WAY, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondent, v. David KOENIG, a Washington State resident, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William John Crittenden, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Ramsey E. Ramerman, Kirkland, WA, P. Stephen Dijulio, Foster Pepper PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

James Kendrick Pharris, Attorney at Law, Alan D. Copsey, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Attorney General.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 Washington's Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, gives the public access to the public records of state and local agencies, with the laudable goals of governmental transparency and accountability. This case requires us to consider the extent to which the PRA applies to the judiciary and judicial records. We previously considered this issue in Nast v. Michels, 107 Wn.2d 300, 730...

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