FREEDOM FOUNDATION v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 117

No. 97109-9 (Consolidated with 97111-1 & 97394-6).

480 P.3d 1119 (2021)

FREEDOM FOUNDATION, Petitioner/Plaintiff, v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL 117 SEGREGATED FUND, an IRS 527(f)(3) political organization; Teamsters Local Union No. 117, an IRS 501(c)(5) labor organization; and John Does 1-10, Respondents/Cross-Appellants. Freedom Foundation, Petitioner/Plaintiff, v. Service Employees International Union Political Education and Action Fund, Respondent/Cross-Appellant. Freedom Foundation, Petitioner/Plaintiff, v. Jay Inslee, State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services, and Service Employees International Union 775, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed February 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Alan Bouvatte Jr. , Attorney at Law, Po Box 552, Olympia, WA, 98507-0552, Eric Rolf Stahlfeld , Attorney at Law, 145 Sw 155th St., Ste. 101, Burien, WA, 98166-2591, for Appellant.

Dmitri L. Iglitzin , Darin M. Dalmat , Benjamin Daniel Berger , Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, 18 W. Mercer St., Ste. 400, Seattle, WA, 98119-3971, Susan Sackett Danpullo , Margaret C. McLean , Office of the Attorney General, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw, Po Box 40145, Olympia, WA, 98504-0145, Alicia O. Young , WA State Attorney General's Office, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Respondent.

Eric Rolf Stahlfeld , Attorney at Law, 145 Sw 155th St., Ste. 101, Burien, WA, 98166-2591, Robert Alan Bouvatte Jr. , Attorney at Law, Po Box 552, Olympia, WA, 98507-0552, for Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Dmitri L. Iglitzin , Darin M. Dalmat , Benjamin Daniel Berger , Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, 18 W. Mercer St., Ste. 400, Seattle, WA, 98119-3971, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant.


¶ 1 The integrity of our democracy depends on the fairness of our elections. To that end, Washington's Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA), ch. 42.17A RCW, requires all candidates, campaigns, and contributors to play by the same basic rules. One of those rules requires the public disclosure of contributions and expenditures in political...

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