Decision Is Out...

...and Ms. Rousey has prevailed. The court held that (i) SCOMIS can be redacted the same as any other court record, and (ii) protecting the housing opportunities of a DV survivor can be a compelling privacy or safety interest sufficient to justify redaction under the GR 15 + Ishikawa test. Check out the opinion.

Big thanks to everyone who contributed...

The arguments are concluded and the case is submitted. The case is now in the hands of the judges. We obviously hope for the best, but regardless of how it turns out I'd like to send a special thanks to the following people, whose hard work really helped us present as strong a case as possible: Merf Ehman, Bruce Neas, and Diana Garcia of Columbia Legal Services; Paul Tassin of King County Bar Assn.; Sarah Dunne, Nancy Talner, and Sandra Park of the ACLU; David Ward of Legal Voice; Jon Grant of Solid Ground; Steve Fredrickson, Debi Perluss, Marie Nguyen, and Greg Reaume of Northwest Justice Project.

Oral Argument Audio

Listen to the arguments here

Updates

1) WCOG's Motion for permission to participate in oral argument was granted; the court awarded WCOG 10 minutes;
2) Solid Ground's motion for permission to participate in oral argument was denied;
3) King County Bar Assn.'s motion to file an amicus brief (on behalf of the KCBA Housing Justice Project and Snohomish County Housing Justice Project) was granted.

Solid Ground Has Moved to Participate in Oral Aguments

Motion filed today

Location of Columbia Legal Services

CLS is at 101 Yesler Way, Ste. 300, Seattle, Wash. Find it here on Google Maps

WCOG Seeking Permission to Participate in Oral Argument

Motion was received today.