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SEATTLE TIMES CO. v. EBERHARTER

No. 51079-2.

105 Wn.2d 144 (1986)

713 P.2d 710

THE SEATTLE TIMES COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FRANK J. EBERHARTER, Judge of the Superior Court for King County, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, by P. Cameron DeVore, Daniel M. Waggoner, and Margaret L. Schaaf, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert S. Lasnik, Senior Deputy, for respondent.

DURHAM, J.

Through a petition for a writ of mandamus, the Seattle Times Company asks this court to direct Honorable Frank Eberharter to open for public inspection a search warrant affidavit which he ordered sealed. The Times' petition requires us to determine if either the first amendment to the United States Constitution or article 1, section 10 of the Washington State Constitution mandates that the public be given access to a search warrant affidavit in an unfiled...

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