State v. Roy Ayers Baxter, Jr.

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• holding in an as-applied Free Exercise challenge that WLAD “is a neutral, 4 generally applicable law subject to rational basis review” and “clearly meets that 5 standard”
• noting person is liable for a CPA violation only if they “participate [] in the wrongful conduct, or with knowledge approve[] of the conduct.”
• where a flower shop owner asserted that furnishing custom floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding violates her religious beliefs about marriage
• business owner individually liable for personally participating in CPA violations as “[l]iability for such participation or approval does not depend on piercing the corporate veil”
• “The decision to either provide or refuse to provide flowers for a wedding does not inherently express a message about that wedding.”
• a party alleging a violation of the First Amendment based on compelled speech “must first demonstrate that the conduct at issue . . . amounts to ‘expression’ protected by the First Amendment”

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