Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Egan
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 3, 2014No. 69129-5-IPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrosse, J.
¶1 — The Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW, is a legislatively created right of access to public records. The legislature is free to restrict or even eliminate access without offending any constitutional protection. The city of Seattle (City) brought a declaratory action for the limited purpose of determining the applicability of the privacy act’s1 prohibitions against the release of the records requested here. Such an action is specifically provided for in the PRA. Because James Egan does not have a constitutional right to the records requested, his request under the *336PRA does not…
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- Hearst Corp. v. HoppeWashington Supreme Court · 1978
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