Legal Opinion
Clarke v. Tri-Cities Animal Care & Control Shelter
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 24, 2008No. 25222-1-IIIPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stephens, J.*
¶1 Tri-Cities Animal Care & Control
Shelter (TCAC) is a privately-run corporation that contracts with the Animal Control Authority (ACA) of Rich-land, Pasco, and Kennewick (tri-cities) to provide animal control services for the tri-cities area. In 2005, Leonora Clarke made a request for euthanasia logs from TCAC under former RCW 42.17.250-.348 (2004), the public disclosure act (PDA).1 TCAC refused to give Ms. Clarke the records, claiming it was not a public agency subject to the PDA. Ms. Clarke requested the records from ACA, but ACA claimed it did not have the records she sought.…
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