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GARNER v. CHERBERG

No. 55640-7.

111 Wn.2d 811 (1988)

765 P.2d 1284

ESTHER R. GARNER, Petitioner, v. JOHN A. CHERBERG, as Lieutenant Governor, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards & Barbieri, by Malcolm L. Edwards and Catherine Wright Smith, for petitioner.

Reed, McClure, Moceri, Thonn & Moriarty, by William R. Hickman, D. Bradley Hudson, and Marilee C. Erickson, for respondent.

PEARSON, C.J.

The Constitution of the State of Washington and a statute adopted by the Legislature mandate that the Commission on Judicial Conduct (Commission) establish rules for the confidentiality of its proceedings. We must decide whether a committee of one branch of the Legislature may use its subpoena power to force disclosure of the records of those proceedings so as to cause a violation of Commission rules of confidentiality...

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