Rainbow Royalty Co. v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an as applied constitutional challenge was not ripe for review because the factual record was insufficient
• recognizing need to construe statutes to avoid constitutional infirmity, when possible
• limiting scope of ambiguous definition for several reasons, including to avoid a potential First Amendment violation (U.S. CONST. amend. I)
• “We construe statutes to avoid constitutional doubt.” (citing State v. Robinson, 153 Wn.2d 689, 693-94, 107 P.3d 90 (2005))
• court will construe ambiguous statute so as to avoid constitutional questions
• this court interprets statutes consistent with the constitution when possible

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