Legal Opinion
Brouillet v. Cowles Publishing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1990No. 56374-8PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtUtter, J.
— The Cowles Publishing Company requested records specifying the reasons for teacher certificate revocations during the last 10 years. It wanted to use the records to prepare investigative articles on teacher sexual misconduct with students. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) and the Washington Education Association (WEA) sought a declaratory judgment upholding SPI's refusal to fully comply with Cowles' request. The trial judge ordered the release of the records sought with certain deletions designed to protect the privacy of the student victims of sexual misconduct. We…
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