ACLU OF WASHINGTON v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 52946-3-I.

89 P.3d 295 (2004)

121 Wash.App. 544

The AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Traci Ann Sammeth, Attorney At Law, Aaron Caplan, Attorney At Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Thomas Carr, Jessica Nadelman, Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


AGID, J.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) appeals a trial court decision that records it requested under the public disclosure act (Act) were exempt from disclosure under the deliberative process exemption to the Act, and under the Open Public Meetings Act of 1971 (Chapter 42.30 RCW) (OPMA). Although we conclude as a matter of law that the OPMA does not protect written documents from disclosure, we cannot determine on this record whether the documents at...

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