Legal Opinion
Block v. City of Gold Bar
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 22, 2015No. 71425-2-IPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Cox, J.
The Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, requires a government agency to conduct an adequate search for responsive records to a public records request. The agency must then disclose records responsive to the request and either produce such records for inspection and copying or withhold them. The agency may lawfully withhold a record only if it is exempt.1
*267¶2 In this case, Anne Block made two public records requests to the City of Gold Bar. The City produced certain records and either completely or partially withheld others, which it identified as exempt in two separate…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Carl Oglesby v. The United States Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Young v. Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1989
- Michael Meeropol, A/K/A Rosenberg v. Edwin Meese Iii, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Limstrom v. LadenburgWashington Supreme Court · 1998
- Soter v. Cowles Publishing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 2007
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3Cited by18 opinions
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