DREILING v. JAIN

No. 73756-8.

93 P.3d 861 (2004)

151 Wash.2d 900

Thomas R. DREILING, Plaintiff, v. Naveen JAIN and Anuradha Jain, husband and wife, and their marital community; Rufus W. Lumry, III, and his marital community; Acorn Ventures I.S., L.L.C., a Washington limited liability company; John E. Cunningham, IV, and his marital community; Stiles A. Kellett, Jr., and his marital community; Kellett Investment Corporation, a corporation, and its affiliate Kellett Partners L.P., a limited partnership; Clear Fir Partners, L.P., a partnership; David House, and his marital community; Peter L.S. Currie, and his marital community; Gary C. List, and his marital community; Bernee D.L. Strom, and her marital community; Carl Stork, and his marital community; Ellen Alben, and her marital community; Tammy D. Halstead, and her marital community; Arun Sarin, and his marital community; Ashok Narasimhan, and his marital community; Russell C. Horowitz, and his marital community; Porpoise Corp., a corporation; John Keister, and his marital community; Richard Thompson, and his marital community; Douglas Bevis, and his marital community; The Bevis Family Trust; Rasipuram Arun, and his marital community; Edmund O. Belsheim, and his marital community; and Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P, Defendants, and Infospace, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Nominal Defendant/Respondent, and The Seattle Times Company, Intervenor/Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided June 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham & Dunn PC, Judith Endejan, Janis White, Seattle, for petitioner.

Paul Brown, Kevin Paulich, Steven Ross, Jean Huffington, Seattle, Paul Dawes, John Tang, Menlo Park, CA, Sirianni & Youtz, Stephen Youtz, Seattle, Charles Kenneth Wiggins, Bainbridge Island, Perkins Coie, Harry Schneider, Barry Kaplan, George Greer, Daniel Dunne, Matthew Carvalho, Gillian Apfel, Mark Roth, Kelly Noonan, Raymond Weber, Seattle, David Friedman, San Francisco, for respondents.


CHAMBERS, J.

"Justice in all cases shall be administered openly...." CONST. art. I, § 10. The open operation of our courts is of utmost public importance. Justice must be conducted openly to foster the public's understanding and trust in our judicial system and to give judges the check of public scrutiny. Secrecy fosters mistrust. This openness is a vital part of our constitution and our history. The right of the public, including the press, to access trials...

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