WA PUB. EMPLOYEES v. WA STATE CTR. FOR CDHL

No. 95262-1.

450 P.3d 601 (2018)

WASHINGTON PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, UFCW Local 365, a labor organization, and Professional & Technical Employees Local 17, a labor organization, Respondents, v. WASHINGTON STATE CENTER FOR CHILDHOOD DEAFNESS & HEARING LOSS, Respondent, Evergreen Freedom Foundation d/b/a/ Freedom Foundation, Petitioner. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 76, a labor organization, and United Association, Local 32, a labor organization, Respondents, v. State of Washington Department of Labor & Industries, Respondent, Evergreen Freedom Foundation d/b/a Freedom Foundation, Petitioner. Teamsters Local Union No. 117, a labor organization, Respondent, v. State of Washington; Christopher Liu, in his capacity as Director, Department of Enterprise Services; and Dick Morgan, in his capacity as Secretary, Department of Corrections, Respondents, Evergreen Freedom Foundation d/b/a Freedom Foundation, Petitioner. Service Employees International Union Healthcare 1199NW, a labor organization, Respondent, v. State of Washington; Department of Social and Health Services, an agency of the State of Washington; and Department of Health, an agency of the State of Washington, Respondents, Evergreen Freedom Foundation d/b/a Freedom Foundation, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Argued June 12, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Overstreet, Security Services N.W., 250 Center Park Way, Sequim, WA 98382-3463, Jennifer Matheson , James Abernathy , Sydney Paige Phillips, Freedom Foundation, P.O. Box 552, Olympia, WA 98507, Eric Rolf Stahlfeld , Attorney at Law, 145 S.W. 155th Street, Suite 101, Burien, WA 98166-2591, Hannah Sarah Sells Marcley , Attorney at Law, 111 21st Avenue S.W., Olympia, WA 98501-2809, for Petitioners.

Kristen Laurel Kussmann , Jacob Fox Metzger , Paul Drachler , Douglas Drachler McKee & Gilbrough LLP, 1904 3rd Avenue, Suite 1030, Seattle, WA 98101-1170, Edward Earl Younglove, III , Younglove & Coker, PLLC, P.O. Box 7846, 1800 Cooper Point Road S.W., #16 Olympia, WA 98507-7846, Kathleen Phair Barnard , Laura Elizabeth Ewan , Dmitri L. Iglitzin , Schwerin Campbell Bamard Iglitzin & Lavitt, 18 W. Mercer Street, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98119-3971, Kristina Marie Detwiler , Robblee Detwiler PLLP, 2101 4th Avenue, Suite 1000, Seattle, WA 98121-2346, for Respondents.

Morgan B. Damerow , Washington State Attorney, General's Office, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, Ohad Michael Lowy , Attorney General's Office, 7141 Cleanwater Drive S.W., Tumwater, WA 98501-6503, for Other Party.


¶2 This case requires us to decide whether state employees have a protected privacy interest against disclosure of public records containing their birth dates associated with their names. We conclude that the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, does not exempt these records from disclosure. Nor does Washington Constitution...

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