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GMT Secures Landmark Victory Against King County
Tax Assessor
Gordon Murray Tilden achieved a landmark settlement
in Harley H. Hoppe & Associates v. King County and Scott Noble,
King County Assessor. The case was brought under the Washington State
Public Disclosure Act, with the purpose of compelling the King County
Assessor to produce computerized data for the roughly 600,000 real
property tax parcels in King County. The case was hotly contested
during motion practice and discovery, including an interlocutory effort
by the Assessor to have the matter resolved by the state Court of
Appeals. Jeff Tilden took the matter to trial on January 14, 2002,
and settled on the third day for an agreement by the Assessor to produce
all of the information requested by Hoppe & Associates and to
pay 100 percent of Hoppe & Associates’ attorneys’
fees. The computerized data will be available no later than October
2002 for purchase by all members of the public and will be updated
thereafter on a monthly basis.
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