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COWLES PUBLISHING CO. v. STATE PATROL

No. 53097-1.

109 Wn.2d 712 (1988)

748 P.2d 597

COWLES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Respondent, v. THE STATE PATROL, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Chip Holcomb, Assistant; Donald C. Brockett, Prosecuting Attorney, and David A. Saraceno, Deputy; James C. Sloane, City Attorney, and Rocco N. Treppiedi and Richard C. Robinson, Assistants, for petitioners State, et al.

Kain & Snow, by Gregory G. Staeheli, for petitioner Spokane Police Guild.

Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, P.S., by Duane M. Swinton, for respondent.

Leo Poort on behalf of Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, amicus curiae for petitioners.

Richard W. Kuhling on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union and Michael J. Killeen on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers and Washington Association of Broadcasters, amici curiae for respondent.

CALLOW, J.

Cowles Publishing Company is the owner of two newspapers, the Spokane Chronicle and the Spokesman-Review. The newspapers seek access to the names of law enforcement officers against whom complaints have been sustained after internal investigations conducted by their respective law enforcement agencies. We hold that those names were properly withheld pursuant to the RCW 42.17.310(1)(d) investigative records exemption to the public disclosure act.

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