Records that are relevant to a controversy to which an agency is a party but which records would not be available to another party under the rules of pretrial discovery for causes pending in the superior courts are exempt from disclosure under this chapter.
RCW 42.56.290
Agency party to controversy.
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case Soter v. Cowles Pub. Co. (2007)
Most recently applied in Asotin County v. Richard Eggleston (January 2019)
2005 c 274 s 409.
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