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· 6/1/1978

Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe

Citations

  • 580 P.2d 246
  • 90 Wash. 2d 123
  • 3 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2399
  • 1978 Wash. LEXIS 1196

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that the state disclosure act “closely parallels FOIA . . . and thus judicial interpretations of that act are particularly helpful in construing our own” (internal citation omitted)
  • noting that the PRA is more severe than FOIA in several areas, such as the awarding of attorney fees
  • noting that the PRA is more severe than FOIA in several areas, such as the awarding of attorney fees
  • “Leaving interpretation of the act to those at whom it was aimed would be the most direct course to its devitalization.”
  • identifying examples of private information, including sexual relations, family quarrels, unpleasant or disgraceful or humiliating illnesses, or intimate, personal letters
  • “leaving interpretation of the act to those at whom it was aimed would be the most direct course to its devitalization”

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Judges: Utter

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