KING COUNTY v. SORENSEN

No. 100731-1.

516 P.3d 388 (2022)

KING COUNTY, Petitioner, v. The Hon. Philip K. SORENSEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: September 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Hackett , Mari K. Isaacson , King County Pros. Attorney's Office, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 1700, Seattle, WA, 98101-2996, for Petitioner.

Michelle Luna , Pierce County Pros. Attorney's Office, 955 Tacoma Ave., S. Ste. 301, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2160, Pamela Beth Loginsky , Pierce County Pros. Attorney's Office, 930 Tacoma Ave., S. Rm. 946, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2171, Mary Elizabeth Robnett , Pierce County Pros. Attorney's Office, 930 Tacoma Ave., S. Rm. 946, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2102, for Respondent.

Katherine George , Johnston George LLP, 2800 1st Avenue, Suite 226, Seattle, WA, 98121, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Washington COAlition for Open Government and Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington.

Mary Ruth Mann , James Wilson Kytle , Mann & Kytle PLLC, 1425 Western Ave., Apt. 104, Seattle, WA, 98101-2036, Philip Albert Talmadge , Talmadge/Fitzpatrick, 2775 Harbor Ave., Sw, Third Floor, Ste. C, Seattle, WA, 98126-2138, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Sheila Larose.

Christopher Holm Howard , Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 3400, Seattle, WA, 98101-2339, Molly Henry , Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 3400, Seattle, WA, 98101-2339, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Public Defender Association.


¶ 1 King County asks this court for a writ of mandamus compelling Judge Philip K. Sorensen, presiding judge of the Pierce County Superior Court, to turn over court reporters' backup audiotapes and to search court employees' private files and devices for records responsive to its records request...

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