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CITY OF SEATTLE v. EGAN

No. 69129-5-I.

317 P.3d 568 (2014)

CITY OF SEATTLE, a Washington municipal corporation, Respondent, v. James EGAN, an individual, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

February 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Egan and Jay W. Wilkinson , The Law Offices of James Egan LLC, Seattle, WA, Dawn Marie Bettinger , The Law Office of Dawn M. Bettinger, Redmond, WA, for Appellant.

Mary Farver Perry , Seattle, City Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, Philip Albert Talmadge , Tukwila, WA, for Respondent.

GROSSE, 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...

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