City of Federal Way v. Koenig

¶30 (dissenting) — As the majority and concurring opinions make clear, this case turns on how we read the 1986 decision in Nast v. Michels, 107 Wn.2d 300, 730 P.2d 54 (1986). In my view, Nast should be read narrowly as construing the Public Records Act (PRA)12 within the context of the records at issue there: court case files. Accordingly, it does not bind us to an interpretation of the current act, chapter 42.56 RCW, that categorically excludes the judicial branch of government from the mandate for open government. Because I believe our branch of government is an “agency” subject to the…