ALLIED DAILY NEWSPAPERS v. EIKENBERRY

No. 59435-0.

121 Wn.2d 205 (1993)

848 P.2d 1258

ALLIED DAILY NEWSPAPERS OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Respondents, v. KENNETH O. EIKENBERRY, as Attorney General, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Lee Ann Miller and Daniel Radin, Assistants, for appellants.

Davis Wright Tremaine, by P. Cameron DeVore, Bruce E.H. Johnson, and Gregory J. Kopta, for respondents Allied Daily Newspapers, et al.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Virginia Kirk, Deputy, for respondent King County.

David Utevsky and Nancy L. Talner on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation and Shelton Publishing, Inc., amici curiae for respondents.


GUY, J.

This case presents a challenge raised by a number of press organizations to the constitutionality of section 9 of Substitute House Bill 2348 (the Act or SHB 2348), Laws of 1992, ch. 188, § 9. Section 9 requires courts to ensure that information identifying child victims of sexual assault is not disclosed to the public or press during the course of judicial proceedings or in any court records. We hold that section 9 is unconstitutional because it violates...

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