ACLU OF WA v. BLAINE SCHOOL DIST. NO. 503

No. 38748-1-I.

937 P.2d 1176 (1997)

86 Wash.App. 688

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WASHINGTON, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Appellant, v. BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Jean Buckland, Scott A.W. Johnson, Seattle, and Daniel Alan Raas, Bellingham, for Appellant.

John Timothy Slater, Bellingham, for Respondent.


COX, Judge.

Does the public disclosure act require that an agency mail copies of non-exempt and identifiable public records to a person who requests that such records be mailed? We hold that under the circumstances of this case, the agency was required to mail copies of the public records to the requesting party. Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions.

In 1995, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU) sent two written requests for...

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