WADE'S EASTSIDE v. DEP'T OF LABOR & INDUS.

No. 89629-1.

372 P.3d 97 (2016)

185 Wash.2d 270

WADE'S EASTSIDE GUN SHOP, INC., a Washington corporation; Bellevue Indoor Range, Inc., a Washington corporation; and Wade Gaughran and Lisa Gaughran, husband and wife and the marital community comprised thereof, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, a Washington state agency, Appellant, Seattle Times Company, a Washington corporation, Respondent, and Christopher Seavoy and Jane Doe Seavoy, husband and wife and the marital community comprised thereof; Joseph Schmidt and Jane Doe Schmidt, husband and wife and the marital community comprised thereof; Mullin Law Group, PLLC, a Washington professional limited liability company; Prange Law Group, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company; S.D. Deacon Corporation of Washington, a Washington corporation; Paul Marx and Jane Doe Marx, husband and wife and the marital community comprised thereof; Seattle City Light, a municipal corporation; and Steve Krival, individually, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Barnes , Alan D. Copsey , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, Anastasia R. Sandstrom , Attorney General's Office, Seattle Labor & Industries A.g. Office, Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Christopher William Pirnke , Inslee Best Doezie & Ryder, P.S., Bellevue, WA, for Plaintiffs.

Patrick Brian Reddy , Emery Reddy PLLC, Daniel F. Mullin , Tracy A. Duany , Mullin Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Defendants.

Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Allied Law Group LLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Katherine George , Harrison-Benis LLP, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Washington Newspapers Publishers Association, News Tribune, Olympian, Tri-city Herald, Bellingham Herald, COAlition for Open Government.


¶ 1 This appeal arises from an action brought by the Seattle Times against the Department of Labor and Industries (L & I) for withholding nonexempt public records in violation of the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW. It presents two novel questions about the PRA, and additional fact-specific questions. First, we...

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