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Here is a list of major FOIA court decisions and their affect on the Washington Public Records Act.
(The cases are listed alphabetically. To order them by year please click the icon below the Year heading)

Article Year Precedent
ACLU v. City of Seattle 2009 1.)That statements or lists of proposed topics to be used in collective bargaining are exempt under Washington public records law under the deliberative process agreement.
2.)That deliberative process exemptions do not apply strictly to intra-agency documentation.
Brouillet v. Cowles Publishing 1990
Cathcart v. Andersen 1974
City of Federal Way v. Koenig 2009 This case established that administrative judicial records are not subject to open records request under Washington law.
Cowles Publishing Co. v. Murphy 1981
Hangartner v. City of Seattle 2004
Harold Carey v. Mason County 2009
Hearst Corp. v. Hoppe 1978
Nast v. Michels 1986
Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington 1994
Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound v. City of Des Moines 2009
Soter v. Cowles Publishing 2007
Wood v. Battle Ground School District 2001 1.) That a series of emails can constitute a closed meeting. 2.) That members-elect of a public body are subject to open records law.
Yousoufian v. Office of Ron Sims 2009