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ASSOCIATED PRESS v. WASHINGTON STATE LEGIS.

No. 95441-1.

454 P.3d 93 (2019)

The ASSOCIATED PRESS, Northwest News Network, KING-TV ("KING 5"), KIRO 7, Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, The Spokesman-Review, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, Sound Publishing, Inc., Tacoma News, Inc. ("The News Tribune"), and The Seattle Times, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners, v. The WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE; The Washington State Senate; The Washington State House of Representatives, Washington state agencies; and Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler, House Speaker Frank Chopp, Senate Minority Leader Sharon Nelson, and House Minority Leader Dan Kristiansen, each in their official capacity, Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed December 19, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Lawrence , Nicholas W. Brown , Claire Ellen McNamara , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101-3404, Gerry Lee Alexander , Attorney at Law, 910 Lakeridge Way SW, Olympia, WA 98502-6036, for Petitioner.

Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Allied Law Group LLC, P.O. Box 33744, Seattle, WA 98133-0744, for Respondents.

Katherine George , Johnston George LLP, 2101 4th Avenue, Suite 860, Seattle, WA 98121, Antoinette M. Davis , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 630, Seattle, WA 98164-2086, for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Investigatewest, and Washington Coalition For Open Government.

Callie Anne Castillo , Lane Powell, P.O. Box 91302, Seattle, WA 98111-9402, Alan D. Copsey , Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 40100, 1125 Washington Street SE, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae Attorney General of Washington.

Casey Morgan Bruner , Steven Joseph Dixson , Witherspoon Kelley, 422 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 1100, Spokane, WA 99201-0300, Lata Nott , David L. Hudson , 1st Amendment Center of Freedom Forum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, 20001, for Amicus Curiae First Amendment Center of The Freedom Forum Institute.

Eric Stahl , Ambika Kumar Doran , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 920 5th Avenue, Suite 3300, Seattle, WA 98104-1610, Bruce D. Brown , Katie Townsend , Caitlin Vogus , Daniel J. Jeon , Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press, Executive Director, 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 1020, Washington DC, 20005, for Amicus Curiae Reporters Committee For Freedom of The Press & 16 media orgs.

¶ 1 This case asks us to determine whether the state legislative branch is subject to the general public records disclosure mandate of the Public Records Act (PRA), ch. 42.56 RCW. To resolve this question, we must decide whether each of the two classes of legislative entities constitute "agencies" for purposes of the PRA: the offices...

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