· 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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