Nancy P. Collins , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.
Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Christopher Roslaniec , Allied Law Group LLC, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Washington Coalition for Open Government and Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.
Richard Bennett Levenson , Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, amicus counsel for Behavioral Health Resources, et al., Cascade Mental Health and Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
SANDERS, J.*
¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether Superior Court Mental Proceedings Rules (MPR) 1.3, which provides involuntary commitment proceedings "shall not be open to the public, unless the person who is the subject of the proceedings or his attorney files with the court a written request that the proceedings be public," violates the right to open administration of justice under article...
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