YAKIMA v. YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

No. 82229-8.

246 P.3d 768 (2011)

YAKIMA County, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, Respondent, v. YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC, a Washington corporation, Appellant, and Jose Luis Sanchez, Jr., Interested Party.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Christopher Roslaniec , Allied Law Group, L.L.C., David M. Norman , Lee Smart P.S., Inc., Seattle, WA, Greg Overstreet , Allied Law Group, L.L.C., Olympia, WA, Brendan V. Monahan , Stokes Lawrence Velikanje Moore & Shore, Yakima, WA, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Paul Edward McIlrath , Stefanie Jean Weigand , Terry Dee Austin , Kenneth W. Harper , Menke Jackson Beyer Ehlis & Harper, L.L.P., Yakima, WA, for Appellee/Respondent.

Susan F. Wilk , Gregory Charles Link , David L. Donnan , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Jose Luis Sanchez, Jr.


MADSEN, C.J.

¶ 1 This case raises several issues, including (1) whether documents provided by an indigent defendant's counsel to a superior court judge to obtain funding for expert services, attorney fees and other defense costs and related documents are judicial documents governed by the court rules for disclosure or by the Public Records Act (PRA) applicable to nonjudicial agencies; (2) whether a trial court has authority to hear a motion to unseal previously...

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