Washington Supreme Court· 8/27/2015

Nissen v. Pierce County

Citations

183 Wash. 2d 863
357 P.3d 45

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noting the challenges that arise from “using a private cell phone to conduct public business”
ordering the prosecutor “to obtain, segregate, and produce those public records to the County”
purpose of Nissen affidavit is to give requester and 13 No. 85174-8-I/14 trial court a basis to determine whether withheld material was indeed nonresponsive
“Absent an allegation that the County used the call and text message logs, the logs in this case are not public records.”
a “good-faith search 20 for public records . . . can satisfy an agency’s obligations under the PRA”
“We cannot interpret statutory terms oblivious to the context in which they are used.”

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Judges: Fairhurst, González, Johnson, Madsen, McCloud, Owens, Stephens, Wiggins

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