CITY OF TACOMA v. TACOMA NEWS

No. 13518-3-II.

65 Wn. App. 140 (1992)

827 P.2d 1094

THE CITY OF TACOMA, Respondent, v. TACOMA NEWS, INC., Appellant, DOE FAMILY I, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

April 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Holt, John C. Guadnola, Judy Rae Jasprica, and Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, for appellant.

William Barker, City Attorney, and Kathryn B. Gerhardt, Assistant; Fredric C. Tausend, Michele A. Gammer, and Preston Thorgrimson Shidler Gates & Ellis, for respondents.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Jaqueline B. Rosenblatt, Assistant, amicus curiae for respondents.


MORGAN, J.

The Morning News Tribune sought access to police investigation materials by invoking the public disclosure act, RCW 42.17. The trial court denied access, and we affirm.

In August 1989, the Tribune made a request for access to a certain police incident report prepared and possessed by the Tacoma Police Department. Later the same month, the Tribune made a second request for access to certain letters also possessed by the police department. The Tribune...

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