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STATE v. GROCERY MFRS. ASSOCIATION

No. 96604-4.

461 P.3d 334 (2020)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. GROCERY MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner. Grocery Manufacturers Association, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner, v. Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General of the State of Washington, in his official capacity, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: April 16, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garth Ahearn , Office of the Attorney General — Tacoma, 1250 Pacific Ave. Ste. 105, Po Box 2317, Tacoma, WA, 98401-2317, Karl David Smith , Attorney at Law, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Petitioner.

Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr. , Aaron Edward Millstein , K&L Gates LLP, 925 4th Ave., Ste. 2900, Seattle, WA, 98104-1158, Daniel-Charles Van D. Wolf , K&L Gates LLP, 70 W. Madison St., Ste. 3300, Chicago, IL, 60602-4243, for Respondent.

Ryan P. McBride , Lane Powell PC, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 4200, Seattle, WA, 98101-2375, Allen Dickerson , Owen Yeates , Institute for Free Speech, 121 S. West Street, Suite 201, Alexandria, VA, 22314, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Institute for Free Speech.

Jennifer L. Robbins , Danielle Elizabeth Franco-Malone , Dmitri L. Iglitzin , Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, 18 W. Mercer St., Ste. 400, Seattle, WA, 98119-3971, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Seiu 775.

Catherine E. Stetson , Sean Marotta , Hogan Lovells US LLP, 555 Thirteenth Street, Nw, Washington, DC, 20004, Elizabeth Alice Och , Attorney at Law, 1601 Wewatta St., Ste. 900, Denver, CO, 80202-6314, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Association of Manufacturers.

¶ 1 This case concerns alleged intentional violations of Washington's Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA), ch. 42.17A RCW, by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) during the 2013 election cycle. In November 2013, Washington voters rejected Initiative 522 (I-522), which would have required labels on packaged foods containing genetically...

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