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Posts for P. Stephen DiJulio and Philip Paine
Private Email Accounts but Public Records
January 5, 2017
by
P. Stephen DiJulio and Philip Paine
Category:
Guest Author
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Court Decisions and AGO Opinions
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Public Records Act
This post looks at the recent Washington State Court of Appeals ruling that held the First and Fourth Amendments of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the Washington State Constitution do not afford an individual privacy interest in public records contained in an elected official’s private email account.
