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FORTGANG v. WOODLAND PARK ZOO

NO. 92846-1.

387 P.3d 690 (2017)

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

Supreme Court of Washington, EN BANC.

Filed January 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rob Roy Smith , Christopher Theodore Varas , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 3700, Seattle, WA, 98101-4089, for Petitioner.

Paul J. Lawrence , Gregory J. Wong , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Respondent.

Margaret Ji Yong Pak , Enslow Martin PLLC, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 4200, Seattle, WA, 98104-7047, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Coalition for Open Government (WCOG).

Eleanor Hamburger , Ann E. Merryfield , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2560, Seattle, WA, 98104-7054, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of SEIU Healthcare Northwest Training Partnership.

Eleanor Hamburger , Ann E. Merryfield , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2560, Seattle, WA, 98104-7054, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Wash. Public Hospital Districts.

Eleanor Hamburger , Ann E. Merryfield , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2560, Seattle, WA, 98104-7054, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Community Health Plan of Washington.

Eleanor Hamburger , Ann E. Merryfield , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2560, Seattle, WA, 98104-7054, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Coordinated Care of Washington, Inc.

Eleanor Hamburger , Ann E. Merryfield , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2560, Seattle, WA, 98104-7054, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest & the Hawaiian Islands.

Eleanor Hamburger , Ann E. Merryfield , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger, 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2560, Seattle, WA, 98104-7054, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Hospital Association.

Daniel G. Lloyd , Vancouver City Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1995, Vancouver, WA, 98668-1995, Daniel Brian Heid , City of Auburn, 25 W. Main St., Auburn, WA, 98001-4998, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Dianne Kathleen Conway , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 1157, Tacoma, WA, 98401-1157, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Nonprofits.

Dianne Kathleen Conway , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 1157, Tacoma, WA, 98401-1157, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Council of Nonprofits.

Daniel Joseph Gunter , Riddell Williams PS, 1001 4th Ave., Ste. 4500, Seattle, WA, 98154-1065, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Seattle Aquarium Society.

¶ 1 Petitioner Alyne Fortgang filed a request for documents concerning the elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo (Zoo). She filed that request under the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, which requires every government "agency" to make records "available for [public] inspection and copying." RCW 42.56.010, .040. But...

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