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BAINBRIDGE POLICE GUILD v. CITY OF PUYALLUP

Nos. 82374-0, 82803-2.

259 P.3d 190 (2011)

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND POLICE GUILD and Steven Cain, Respondents, v. The CITY OF PUYALLUP, a municipal corporation, Defendant, and Kim Koenig, an individual; and Lawrence Koss, an individual, Appellants. Bainbridge Island Police Guild and Steven Cain, Respondents, v. The City of Mercer Island, a municipal corporation, Defendant, and Kim Koenig, an individual; and Lawrence Koss, an individual; and Althea Paulson, an individual; and Tristan Baurick, an individual, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rolfing Muenster , Muenster & Koenig, Bainbridge Island, WA, Daniel P. Mallove , Daniel P. Mallove, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Appellants.

Robert L. Christie , Ann Elizabeth Mitchell , Christie Law Group, PLLC, Seattle, WA, Steven M. Kirkelie , City of Puyallup, Puyallup, WA, Jeffrey Scott Myers , Law Lyman Daniel Kamerrer, et al., Olympia, WA, for Respondents.

Margaret Ji Yong Pak , Douglas B. Klunder , Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for ACLU.

Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Christopher Roslaniec , Allied Law Group, LLC, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Center for Justice, Tacoma News Tribune, The Seattle Times, TriCity Herald, and Washington Newspapers Publishers Association.

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

FAIRHURST, J.

¶ 1 Appellants, Kim Koenig, Lawrence Koss, and Althea Paulson, seek direct review of two separate superior court orders enjoining disclosure of investigative records compiled by the cities of Puyallup and Mercer Island. Appellants argue that the records were wrongfully withheld. We remand these cases to the trial courts and direct them to order the production of the Puyallup criminal investigation report (PCIR) and the Mercer Island internal investigation...

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