STATE v. TVI, INC.

No. 100493-1.

524 P.3d 622 (2023)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. TVI, INC., d/b/a Value Village, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed: February 23, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Nelson , Shidon Burton Aflatooni , Seann C. Colgan , WA State Attorney General's Office, 800 Fifth Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, Noah Guzzo Purcell , WA State Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington St., Se, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Petitioner.

James Condon Grant , Ross Colin Siler , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 920 5th Ave., Ste. 3300, Seattle, WA, 98104-1610, for Respondent.

Grant Kinsel , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave., Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound.

Carolyn G. Wade , Attorney at Law, 1162 Court St., Ne, Salem, OR, 97301-4095, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Or States of Mn.

Tadhg Dooley , Wiggin and Dana LLP, One Century Tower, 265 Church Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, Howard Mark Goodfriend , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Ave., N., Seattle, WA, 98109-3007, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Truth in Advertising, Inc., Uc Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, Professor Rebecca Tushnet.

Daniel Edward Huntington , Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W Riverside Ave., Ste. 1300, Spokane, WA, 99201-0305, Valerie Davis McOmie , Attorney at Law, 4549 Nw Aspen St., Camas, WA, 98607-8302, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Asociation for Justice Foundation.

Carolyn G. Wade , Attorney at Law, 1162 Court St., Ne, Salem, OR, 97301-4095, Jacob Campion , MN Assistant Attorney General, 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400, Saint Paul, MN, 55101, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Or Mn.


¶1 The State brought multiple claims alleging that TVI Inc., doing business as Value Village, uses deceptive advertising and marketing in violation of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), ch. 19.86 RCW. TVI argues that these claims infringe on its First Amendment right to solicit charitable contributions...

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