WOODLAND PARK ZOO v. FORTGANG

No. 72413-4-I.

368 P.3d 211 (2016)

192 Wash.App. 418

WOODLAND PARK ZOO a/k/a Woodland Park Zoological Society, Respondent, v. Alyne FORTGANG, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

As Corrected February 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rob Roy Smith , Christopher Theodore Varas , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Paul J. Lawrence , Gregory J. Wong , Tania Margaret Culbertson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Margaret Ji Yong Pak , Enslow Martin PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington COAlition for Open Government.

Susannah Christiana Carr , Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Animal Legal Defense Fund.


¶ 1 Alyne Fortgang sued the Woodland Park Zoological Society (WPZS) under the Washington Public Records Act (PRA) seeking documents related to WPZS' operation of the Woodland Park Zoo. She appeals the trial court's order granting WPZS' motion for summary judgment and dismissing her claims, arguing that under the Telford

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