Legal Opinion
Gendler v. Batiste
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 12, 2012No. 85408-4PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFairhurst, J.
¶1 This case involves the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, and its interplay with two statutes, RCW 46.52.060 and 23 U.S.C. § 409. Michael W. Gendler made a public records request for location-specific accident reports from the Washington State Patrol (WSP). The WSP refused to provide the records unless Gendler certified that he would not use the records in any litigation *248against the State, claiming a federal statute, 23 U.S.C. § 409, protected the records sought. WSP claimed the records were shielded because they were located in an electronic database that the Department of…
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