DOES v. KING COUNTY

Nos. 72159-3-I, 72198-4-I, 72898-9-I, 72899-7-I.

366 P.3d 936 (2015)

Jane DOES 1 through 15 and John Does 1 through 15, victims of and witnesses to the June 5, 2014 Seattle Pacific University shooting and Seattle Pacific University, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Appellants, v. KING COUNTY, a legal subdivision of the state of Washington, City of Seattle, a Washington municipal corporation, Tribune Broadcasting Seattle, LLC and its affiliates, d/b/a KCPQ-TV and Q13 Fox, a Delaware corporation, Kiro-TV, Inc. and its affiliates, d/b/a Kiro News and Kiro TV, a Delaware corporation, Sinclair Seattle Licensee, LLC, and its affiliates, d/b/a Komo TV and Komo 4, a Nevada corporation, King Broadcasting Company and its affiliates, d/b/a King 5 Television, a Washington corporation, Arthur West, a Washington resident, John Doe Media Organizations 1 through 100, Respondents. Jane Does 1 through 15 and John Does 1 through 15, victims of and witnesses to the June 5, 2014 Seattle Pacific University shooting and Seattle Pacific University, a Washington nonprofit corporation, Appellants, v. King County, a legal subdivision of the state of Washington, City of Seattle, a Washington municipal corporation, Tribune Broadcasting Seattle, LLC and its affiliates, d/b/a KCPQ-TV and Q13 FOX, a Delaware corporation, Kiro-TV, Inc. and its affiliates, d/b/a Kiro News and Kiro TV, a Delaware corporation, Sinclair Seattle Licensee, LLC, and its affiliates, d/b/a Komo TV and Komo 4, a Nevada corporation, King Broadcasting Company and its affiliates, d/b/a King 5 Television, a Washington corporation, Arthur West, a Washington resident, Hearst Seattle Media, LLC, d/b/a seattlepi.com, a Delaware corporation, Cable News Network, Inc. d/b/a CNN, a Delaware corporation John Doe Media Organizations 1 through 100, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

December 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Park Thoreson , Samuel T. Bull , Lee R. Marchisio , Thomas Fitzgerald Ahearne, Foster Pepper PLLC, Nathaniel Lee Taylor , Abigail Jane St. Hilaire , Michael Robert McKinstry , Daniel John Ichinaga , Keith Allen Kemper , Ellis Li & McKinstry PLLC, Seattle, WA, Kenneth Wendell Masters , Masters Law Group PLLC, Bainbridge Island, WA, for Appellants.

Nathaniel Lee Taylor , Daniel John Ichinaga , Ellis Li & McKinstry PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs.

Eric Stahl , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, for Defendants.

John Martin Gerberding , Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Mary Farver Perry , Jessica Nadelman , Seattle City Attorney's Office, Eric Stahl , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, Arthur West (Appearing Pro Se), Olympia, WA, Cable News Network, Inc. (Appearing Pro Se), Atlanta, GA, for Respondents.


¶ 1 Seattle Pacific University security cameras captured events related to the tragic shootings on its campus on June 5, 2014. The University turned its cameras' surveillance footage over to the Seattle Police Department and the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. News media organizations and an individual made public records...

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