YOUSOUFIAN v. OFFICE OF RON SIMS

No. 80081-2.

229 P.3d 735 (2010)

168 Wash.2d 444

Armen YOUSOUFIAN, Respondent, v. The OFFICE OF RON SIMS, King County, Executive, a subdivision of King County, a municipal corporation; the King County Department of Finance, a subdivision of King County, a municipal corporation; and the King County Department of Stadium Administration, a subdivision of King County, a municipal corporation, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Paul Hobbs, H. Kevin Wright, John Robert Zeldenrust, David James Eldred, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, for Petitioners.

Michael G. Brannan, Law Office of Michael G. Brannan, Edmonds, Rand F. Jack, Brett & Coats, Bellingham, for Respondent.

Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard, Christopher Roslaniec, Allied Law Group, L.L.C., Seattle, for Amici Curiae Aberdeen Daily World, Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Associated Press NW Bureau, Center for Justice, Everett Herald, KING 5, Peninsula Daily News, Skagit Valley Herald, Sound Publishing, TRI-City Herald, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Washington Association of Broadcasters, Washington Coalition for Open Government, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association & Wenatchee World.

Alan D. Copsey, Office of the Attorney General, for Amicus Curiae State of Washington.


ALEXANDER, J.

¶ 1 This appeal requires us to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the trial court on remand abused its discretion in imposing a $15 per day penalty against the Office of Ron Sims, King County Executive, for its noncompliance with the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW.1 Although we previously entered a decision in this appeal, we later recalled our mandate. We now affirm with modification...

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