PROSECUTING ATTY'S GUILD v. KITSAP COUNTY

No. 39196-1-II.

231 P.3d 219 (2010)

KITSAP COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S GUILD; Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff's Guild; Kitsap County Cencom Employee's Guild; Kitsap County Sheriff Support Guild, Plaintiffs, v. KITSAP COUNTY, Defendant. Kitsap Sun, a/k/a BVR Corp., d/b/a The Kitsap Sun, Respondent, v. Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Guild; Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff's Guild; Kitsap County Cencom Employee's Guild; Kitsap County Sheriff Support Guild, Defendants, Kitsap County, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

May 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Ann Boe, Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Port Orchard, WA, for Appellant.

Tyler Howard Louis Tornabene, Attorney at Law, Spokane, WA, Reba Weiss, Cline & Associates, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs.

Greg Overstreet, Allied Law Group, LLC, Olympia, WA, David M. Norman, Allied Law Group, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Katherine George, Harrison Benis & Spence LLP, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, and Washington Coalition for Open Government.

Ramsey E. Ramerman, Everett, WA, Matthew S. Kaser, Lakewood, WA, Peter M. Ruffatto, Office of The City Attorney, Bellingham, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys (WSAMA).


QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.

¶ 1 Following a public records request from the Kitsap Sun (Sun) to Kitsap County (County), several employee guilds (Guilds) sought to enjoin disclosure of County employees' towns of residence under the Public Records Act (PRA) (ch. 42.56 RCW). The Kitsap County Superior Court, however, never entered a preliminary injunction against disclosure. Eventually, the trial court granted the Sun's motion for summary judgment and denied the Guilds...

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