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COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER v. PORT OF VANCOUVER

No. 92455-4.

395 P.3d 1031 (2017)

COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER; Sierra Club; and Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Petitioners, v. PORT OF VANCOUVER USA; Jerry Oliver, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners President; Brian Wolfe, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners Vice President; and Nancy I. Baker, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners-Secretary, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed June 8, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Alan Knutsen , Kampmeier & Knutsen, PLLC, 833 S.E. Main St., Ste. 318, Portland, OR, 97214-3427, Eric D. `Knoll' Lowney , Smith & Lowney PLLC, 2317 E. John St., Seattle, WA, 98112-5412, Miles Johnson , Attorney at Law, 111 3rd St., Hood River, OR, 97031-2009, for Petitioners.

Kristin Mariko Asai , David B. Markowitz , Anna Joyce , Markowitz Herbold, P.C., 1211 S.W. 5th Ave., Ste. 3000, Portland, OR, 97204-3730, for Respondents.

Frank Joseph Chmelik , Seth Ananda Woolson , Chmelik Sitkin & Davis P.S., 1500 Railroad Ave., Bellingham, WA, 98225-4542, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Public Ports Association.

Ian Christopher Cairns , Howard Mark Goodfriend , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Ave. N., Seattle, WA, 98109-3007, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of University of Washington.

Katherine George , Johnston George LLP, 1126 34th Ave., Ste. 307, Seattle, WA, 98122-5137, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington.

Katherine George , Johnston George LLP, 1126 34th Ave., Ste. 307, Seattle, WA, 98122-5137, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Coalition of Open Government.

¶ 1 Washington's Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) requires that "[a]ll meetings of the governing body of a public agency shall be open and public ... except as otherwise provided in this chapter." RCW 42.30.030. An exception to this open meeting mandate permits governing bodies to enter executive session "[t]o consider the minimum...

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