KILDUFF v. SAN JUAN COUNTY

No. 95937-4.

453 P.3d 719 (2019)

Edward KILDUFF, Appellant, v. SAN JUAN COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, and Jamie Stephens, in his capacity as San Juan County Council Member and Public Records Officer, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: December 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Power , Attorney at Law, 540 Guard St., Friday Harbor, WA, 98250-8044, Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Allied Law Group LLC, Po Box 33744, Seattle, WA, 98133-0744, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Scott Myers , Law Lyman Daniel Kamerrer et al, Po Box 11880, 2674 R. W. Johnson Blvd. Sw, Olympia, WA, 98508-1880, Jonathan West Cain , Attorney at Law, 350 Court St. Fl. 1, Po Box 760, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250-0760, Philip James Buri , Buri Funston Mumford & Furlong, PLLC, 1601 F St., Bellingham, WA, 98225-3011, Randall Keenan Gaylord , San Juan County Prosecutor, Po Box 760, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250-0760, for Respondents.

William John Crittenden , Attorney at Law, 12345 Lake City Way Ne, Seattle, WA, 98125-5401, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington COAlition for Open Government.

Paul J. Lawrence , Kymberly Kathryn Evanson , Alanna Peterson , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Counties, Association of Washington Cities, Association of Washington Cities Risk Management Service Agency, Washington State Transit Insurance Pool.


¶1 The Public Records Act (PRA), ch. 42.56 RCW, declares that the people "do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that serve them" or "give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know." RCW 42.56.030. Despite the burden this places on local governments, nothing...

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