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J.S. v. VILLAGE VOICE MEDIA HOLDINGS

No. 90510-0.

359 P.3d 714 (2015)

184 Wash.2d 95

J.S., S.L., and L.C., Respondents, v. VILLAGE VOICE MEDIA HOLDINGS, L.L.C., d/b/a/ Backpage.com and Backpage.com, L.L.C., Petitioners, and Baruti Hopson and New Times Media, L.L.C., d/b/a/ Backpage.com, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Condon Grant , Ambika Kumar Doran , Eric Stahl , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Elizabeth L. Mcdougall-Tural , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Eric Stahl , Ambika Kumar Doran , James Condon Grant , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, for Defendant.

Erik Louis Bauer , Attorney at Law, Darrell L. Cochran , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Tacoma, WA, Michael Thomas Pfau , Vincent Thomas Nappo , Jason Paul Amala , Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Venkat Balasubramani , Focal PLLC, Seattle, WA, Emma Llanso , Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC, amicus counsel for Democracy & Technology.

Venkat Balasubramani , Focal PLLC, Seattle, WA, David Greene Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, amicus counsel for Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Jessica L. Goldman , Summit Law Group, Seattle, WA, Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, amicus counsel for Eugene Volokh.

Anthony S. Broadman , Galanda Broadman, PLLC, Seattle, WA, Taina Bien-Aime , Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Alexander A. Yanos , Ruth Teitelbaum , Bonnie Doyle , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer U.S. LLP, New York, N.Y., amicus counsel for COAlition Against Trafficking in Women.

Kathy Ann Cochran , Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson , Seattle, WA, Robert Barnes , Oscar Ramallo , Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA, amicus counsel for National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Caitlin Kazuye Esq Hawks , Savitt Bruce & Willey LLP, Seattle, WA, Stacey J. Rappaport , Nicole Fidler , Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, N.Y., amicus counsel for National Crime Victim Law Institute, Shared Hope International, Covenant House and Human Rights Project for Girls.

Jessica L. Goldman , Summit Law Group, Seattle, WA, Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, amicus counsel for Professors of Constitutional Law and Related Fields.

Pellegrino L. Certa , Certa Law Group PS, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Fair Girls. Amicus Curiae on behalf of Fair Girls.

Alan D. Copsey , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for State of Washington.

¶ 1 The plaintiffs before us have been the repeated victims of horrific acts committed in the shadows of the law. They brought this suit in part to bring light to some of those shadows: to show how children are bought and sold for sexual services online on Backpage.com in advertisements that, they allege, the defendants help...

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