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AMERIQUEST MORTG. v. OFFICE OF ATTY. GEN.

No. 82690-1.

241 P.3d 1245 (2010)

AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Huey , Office of the Attorney General, Tacoma, WA, Shannon E. Smith , Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, WA, Alan D. Copsey , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Erik Dupen Price , Lane Powell PC, Olympia, WA, Michael Alan Nesteroff , Laura Therese Morse , Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Joanne N. Davies , Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger, Irvine, CA, for Respondent.

Melissa Ann Huelsman , Law Offices of Melissa A. Huelsman, Seattle, WA, for Respondent Intervenor.

William John Crittenden , Patrick Denis Brown , Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Coalition for Open Government.

Douglas B. Klunder , Margaret Ji Yong Pak , Seattle, WA, amicus counsel of American Civil Liberties Union.

FAIRHURST, J.

¶ 1 This case concerns the application of certain federal privacy laws to a request for information brought under the State's Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW. The Washington State Office of the Attorney General (AGO) obtained loan files, e-mails, and other papers from Ameriquest Mortgage Company during its investigation of Ameriquest's lending practices. The AGO also generated its own documents and received other information directly...

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