The Washington state Supreme Court has handed the thrift store chain Savers Value Village a unanimous win in a long-running legal fight with Attorney General Bob Ferguson
FILE - A Value Village store is seen Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Edmonds, Wash. The Washington state Supreme Court handed the thrift store chain Savers Value Village a unanimous win Thursday. Feb. 23, 2023, in a long-running legal fight with Attorney General Bob Ferguson, finding that its marketing practices constitute protected free speech.
In reality, it’s a for-profit company that pays charitable organizations for donations, but it does not provide the charities a direct cut of retail sales. The justices ruled 9-0 Thursday that the company’s marketing practices were protected by the U.S. Constitution. Two of the major charities it works with in Washington — Northwest Center, which supports people with disabilities, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound — had urged the attorney general's office to drop the case and filed a friend-of-the-court brief on the thrift chain's behalf.
Savers Value Village did agree to register as a commercial fundraiser at the attorney general’s insistence, after previously being told by the secretary of state’s office that it did not need to. By 2015 it also posted signs in its stores disclosing its status as a for-profit commercial fundraiser and had employees make periodic in-store announcements to that effect.
The lawsuit wasn't the first time the thrift chain's marketing practices had been challenged. In 2015, it reached a settlement with Minnesota's attorney general in which it agreed to overhaul its donation and disclosure practices. It also paid $1.8 million to six Minnesota charities to compensate them for lost income during that case.
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