State v. Arlene's Flowers, Inc.
| Decision Date | 06 June 2019 |
| Docket Number | NO. 91615-2,91615-2 |
| Citation | 441 P.3d 1203 |
| Parties | STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. ARLENE’S FLOWERS, INC., d/b/a Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts, and Barronelle Stutzman, Appellants. Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, Respondents, v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc., d/b/a Arlene’s Flowers and Gifts, and Barronelle Stutzman, Appellants. |
| Court | Washington Supreme Court |
Kristen Kellie Waggoner, Jeremy D. Tedesco, James A. Campbell, Ryan J. Tucker, Alliance Defending Freedom, 15100 N 90th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260, John Robert Connelly Jr., Connelly Law Offices, 2301 N 30th Street, Tacoma, WA 98403-3322, George M. Ahrend, Ahrend Law Firm, PLLC, 100 E Broadway Avenue, Moses Lake, WA 98837-1740, for Appellants.
Amit D. Ranade, Michael Jacob Ewart, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, PS, 999 3rd Avenue, Suite 4600, Seattle, WA 98104-4084, Elizabeth Olmsted Gill, ACLU Foundation, 39 Drumm Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, Emily Chiang, Lisa Nowlin, ACLU of Washington, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 630, Seattle, WA 98164-2086, Kimberlee L. Gunning, Columbia Legal Services, 101 Yesler Way, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104-2528, Todd Richard Bowers, Attorney General's Office, 800 5th Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98104-3188, Robert W. Ferguson, Noah Guzzo Purcell, Alan D. Copsey, Washington Attorney General's Office, P.O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA 98504-0100, for Respondents.
Keith Allen Kemper, Ellis Li & McKinstry, PLLC, 2025 1st Avenue, Penthouse A, Seattle, WA 98121-3125, for Amici Curiae Alveda King Ministries, Ryan T. Anderson, Black Conservative Federation, Church of God in Christ, Civil Rights for the Unborn (CRTU), Coalition of African American Pastors USA, Douglass Leadership Institute, Elijah List Ministries, Frederick Douglass Foundation, Freedom's Journal Inst. for the Study of Faith and Public Policy, Gator PAC, Hosanna Asamblea De Dios, Impact Ministry of the Triad, Jesus Caucus, Mount Calvary Christian Center, National Black Church Initiative, National Black Pro-Life Coalition, National Black Religious Broadcasters, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, New Hope International Church, One Nation Back to God, Protect Life and Marriage Texas, Radiance Foundation, Restoration Project, Rich in Mercy Ministries, Salt and Light Council, Staying True to America's Nat'l Destiny, TECN-TV, Traditional Values Coalition Education and Legal Institute, Unhyphenated America, Urban Family Communications, Urban Red, Inc.
Hank L. Balson, Budge & Heipt, PLLC, 705 2nd Avenue, Suite 910, Seattle, WA 98104-1716, Richard B. Katskee, Carmen N. Green, Americans United, 1901 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, Alex J. Luchenitser, Claire L. Hillan, Americans United, 1310 L Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005, Diana Siri Breaux, Garvey Schubert Barer, P.C., 1191 2nd Avenue, Floor 18, Seattle, WA 98101-2996, Shauna Martin Ehlert, Cozen O'Connor, 999 3rd Avenue, Suite 1900, Seattle, WA 98104-4028, for Amici Curiae Americans United for Separation of Church and State and 12 other organizations.
Jessica L. Ellsworth, Laura A. Szarmach, Nicole E. Schiavo, Kaitlyn Golden, Hogan Lovells US, LLP, 555 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004, Steven M. Freeman, Seth M. Marnin, Michelle N. Deutchman, Anti-Defamation League 605 Third Avenue New York, NY 10158, Dr. Christian Emile Mammen, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, 1841 Page Mill Road, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94304, for Amici Curiae Anti-Defamation League and Twenty-Six Other Organizations.
Mark John Holady, Attorney at Law, 4800 SW Griffith Drive, Suite 320, Beaverton, OR 97005-8716, Thomas C. Berg, University of St. Thomas School of Law, MSL 400, 1000 LaSalle Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403, Kimberlee Wood Colby, Christian Legal Society, 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 302, Springfield, VA 22151, Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia Law School, 580 Massie Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, for Amici Curiae Association of Christian Schools Internal, Christian Legal Society, National Association of Evangelicals.
Michael Alexander Patterson, Keith Andre Talbot, Patterson Buchanan Fobes Leitch, PS, 2112 3rd Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98121-2391, Mark Rienzi, Adele Keim, Diana Verm, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, 1200 New Hampshire Avenue N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, for Amicus Curiae Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Jeffrey Paul Helsdon, The Helsdon Law Firm, PLLC, P.O. Box 1219, Gig Harbor, WA 98335-3219, Ilya Shapiro, Jayme Weber, Cato Institute, 1000 Mass. Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001, for Amicus Curiae Cato Institute.
Seth Leslie Cooper, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 79, Everett, WA 98206-0079, John C. Eastman, Anthony T. Caso, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, c/o Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92886, for Amicus Curiae Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.
Bree Renee Black Horse, Ryan David Dreveskracht, Galanda Broadman, LLC, 8606 35th Ave N.E., Apartment Lw1, Seattle, WA 98115-3677, Joshua Matz, David Shieh, Kaplan Jecker & Fink LLP, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10118, for Amicus Curiae Church-State Scholars.
Daniel Jeffrey Shih, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Susman Godfrey, LLP, 1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 3800, Seattle, WA 98101-3087, Jennifer C. Pizer, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, 4221 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 280, Los Angeles, CA 90010, for Amici Curiae Education Fund, Inc., Lambda Legal Defense.
Thomas S. Olmstead, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 68, Poulsbo, WA 98370-0068, for Amicus Curiae Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of So. Baptist Convention.
Daniel A. Rubens, John Winn Wolfe, Paul Francis Rugani, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 51 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019, for Amicus Curiae Prof Kent Greenfield.
David Morgan Steven Dewhirst, Attorney at Law, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230-0001, Stephanie Diane Olson, Klinedinst PC, 701 5th Avenue, Suite 1220, Seattle, WA 98104-7007, for Amicus Curiae International Christian Photographers.
Mark Goldfeder, Anton Sorkin, Restoring Religious Freedom Project, Gambrell Hall, Suite 310, 1301 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, James Abernathy, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 552, Olympia, WA 98507-0552, for Amicus Curiae Law and Religion Practitioners.
Daniel J. Appel, Foreman Appel Hotchkiss & Zimmerman, PLLC, 124 N Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801-2239, for Amicus Curiae Legal Scholars.
Karolyn Ann Hicks, Stokes Lawrence, PS, 1420 5th Avenue, Suite 3000, Seattle, WA 98101-2393, Shannon Minter, Christopher Stoll, National Center for Lesbian Rights, 870 Market Street, #370, San Francisco, CA 94102, for Amici Curiae Legal Voice, National Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Bar Assoc.
Marshall Casey, M. Casey Law, PLLC, 1106 N Washington Street, Suite B, Spokane, WA 99201-2205, for Amicus Curiae Adam J. MacLeod.
Charles Christian Sipos, David A. Perez, Perkins Coie, LLP, 1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 4900, Seattle, WA 98101-3099, for Amicus Curiae NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Shannon Minter, Christopher Stoll, National Center for Lesbian Rights, 870 Market Street, #370, San Francisco, CA 94102, for Amicus Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Blythe H. Chandler, Beth Ellen Terrell, Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC, 936 N 34th Street, Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98103-8869, Isaac Ruiz, Plaintiff Litigation Group PLLC, 95 S Jackson Street, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98104, Benjamin Blystad Gould, Keller Rohrback, LLP, 1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98101-3052, for Amicus Curiae Northwest Consumer Law Center.
Rebecca A. Zotti, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LL, 201 Saint Charles Avenue, Suite 2411, New Orleans, LA 70170-2411, for Amicus Curiae Professor Tobias B. Wolff.
Floyd Edwin Ivey, Ivey Law Offices, 7233 W Deschutes Avenue, Suite C, Kennewick, WA 99336-6707, for Amicus Curiae Protecting Constitutional Freedoms Inc.
Todd M. Nelson, Nelson Law Group PLLC, 600 Stewart Street, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98101-1217, John A. Eidsmoe, Matthew J. Clark, One Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104, for Amicus Curiae Religious Liberty Attorneys.
Kyle Hawkins, Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059), Austin, TX 78711, Nicholas Bronni, Office of the Attorney General, 323 Center Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, Matthew C Albrecht, David Knox Dewolf, Albrecht Law PLLC, 421 W Riverside Avenue, Suite 614, Spokane, WA 99201-0402, for Amici Curiae State of Arkansas and 12 other states.
Jessica Anne Skelton, Shae Blood, Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101-3404, Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Norman C. Simon, Tobias B. Jacoby, Jason M. Moff, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, for Amici Curiae The Episcopal Bishops of the Dioceses and 16 other groups.
Bryee Patrick McPartland, McPartland Law Offices, P.O. Box 1055, Moses Lake, WA 98837-0160, for Amici Curiae Twelve states and the Governor of Kansas.
Leonard J. Feldman, Peterson Wampold Rosato Feldman Luna, 1501 4th Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, WA 98101-3677, Jamila Asha Johnson, Southern Poverty Law Center, 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 2000, New Orleans, LA 70170-1701, for Amicus Curiae Washington Businesses.
Bruce Edward Humble Johnson, Kenneth E. Payson, Jennifer Chung, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 920 5th Avenue, Suite 3300, Seattle, WA 98104-1610, Amanda J. Beane, Nitika Arora, Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 4900, Seattle, WA 98101-3099, for Amicus Curiae Washington Businesses and Business Associations.
Jesse Andrew Wing, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, 705 2nd Avenue, Suite 1500, Seattle, WA 98104-1745, Jeffrey Lowell Needle, Attorney at Law, 705 2nd Avenue, Suite 1050, Seattle, WA 98104-1759, for Amicus Curiae Washington Employment Lawyers Association.
Valerie Davis Mcomie, Attorney at Law, 4549 NW Aspen Street, Camas, WA 98607-8302, Daniel Edward Huntington, Richter-Wimberley PS, 422 W Riverside Avenue, Suite 1300 Spokane, WA 99201-0305, for Amicus Curiae Washington State Association for Justice Foundation.
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