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CLA Estate Services, Inc., et al. v. Washington
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, No. 82529-1-I · judgment August 22, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether a company has fair notice under the Due Process Clause that it is barred from engaging in certain speech under a state consumer protection act, when the language of the relevant act is hopelessly vague, and the state attorney general previously indicated that such speech was not barred under the act and did not take any action for a number of years after learning the full scope of the company’s business.
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Whether the First Amendment tolerates a state consumer protection act which bars speech by individuals who are not members of a particular profession on a particular topic without regard to whether the speech is misleading or deceptive. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Carter G. Phillips
Sidley Austin LLP
For respondent
Noah Guzzo Purcell
Office of the Attorney General
Proceedings
- Jan 08 2024Petition DENIED.
- Dec 06 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
- Dec 04 2023Reply of petitioner CLA USA Inc. and CLA Estate Services, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 16 2023Brief of respondent Washington in opposition filed.
- Sep 22 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 16, 2023.
- Sep 20 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 2, 2023 to November 16, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 31 2023Response Requested. (Due October 2, 2023)
- Aug 09 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
- Aug 01 2023Waiver of right of respondent Washington to respond filed.
- Jul 07 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 10, 2023)
- Mar 15 2023Application (22A821) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 8, 2023.
- Mar 13 2023Application (22A821) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 9, 2023 to July 8, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.