Green v. Pierce County

Docket Number98768-8
Decision Date27 May 2021
The issue before the Washington Supreme Court’s in this case was whether an individual’s YouTube channel qualified as “news media” for requests for certain records under the Washington Public Records Act (PRA). In 2014, Brian Green and Peter Auvil went to the County-City Building in Tacoma to file a document and pay a parking ticket. As they went through security, the guard asked to search Auvil’s bag. Auvil refused. A Pierce County deputy sheriff came to assist, and Auvil began to record a video of the interaction on his phone. Auvil continued to refuse to allow the...

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  • State v. M.Y.G.
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • May 19, 2022
    ...a vacuum; rather, we must consider the context of the surrounding text to determine the legislature's intent." Green v. Pierce County , 197 Wash.2d 841, 853, 487 P.3d 499 (2021), cert. denied , ––– U.S. ––––, 142 S. Ct. 1399, 212 L.Ed.2d 343 (2022) ; see Dep't of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn......
  • State v. Jenks
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • May 27, 2021
  • State v. M.Y.G.
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • May 19, 2022
    ... ... legislature's intent." Green v. Pierce ... County , 197 Wn.2d 841, 853, 487 P.3d 499 (2021), ... cert. denied , 142 ... ...
  • Assoc. Gen. Contractors of Wash. v. State
    • United States
    • Washington Supreme Court
    • March 14, 2024
    ...subject to all possible meanings found in a dictionary." State v. Lilyblad, 163 Wn.2d 1, 9, 177 P.3d 686 (2008); Green v. Pierce County, 197 Wn.2d 841, 853, 487 P.3d 499 (2021) ("This court does not examine a specific word in a vacuum; rather, we must consider the context of the surrounding......
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