Legal Opinion
Smith v. Okanogan County
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 8, 2000No. 18342-4-IIIPublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKato, J.
— Alleging it violated the public disclosure act, Ernest Smith filed a complaint against Okanogan County. The court granted the County’s motion for summary judgment dismissal. Contending this was error, Mr. Smith appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
From September 1996 through March 1997, Mr. Smith filed numerous requests with various Okanogan County departments pursuant to the public records portion of the public disclosure act, RCW 42.17.250-.348. Although the County provided some of the information, it denied many of the requests by claiming the material did not exist or did not…
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