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Washington Agencies Must Explain Reasons for Denying Public Disclosure Requests
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2004
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2004, page 40
Washington Agencies Must Explain Reasons for Denying Public Disclosure Requests
Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court's dismissal of an action challenging the state Department of Corrections' (DOC) denial of a request for disclosure of public documents under the state Public Disclosure Act ...
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